The Zlin training plane crashed on Thursday afternoon near the Adriatic city of Zadar.
“It is difficult for every defense minister and commander to lose a soldier. It is important to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into what happened,” Krsticevic told a news conference, adding that he had decided to step down.
He also recalled that two pilots were killed in January in a crash of a military helicopter.
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic will meet Krsticevic on Friday, a government representative told the state news agency Hina. The representative did not say whether Plenkovic would accept the resignation.
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