A Canadian citizen has died after a two-seat stunt plane piloted by a Spaniard crashed in Lithuania.

Police say 72-year-old Verne Heiderich was killed and Spanish citizen Pedro Telleri suffered a serious back injury when their single engine turboprop crashed late Tuesday near an airstrip in northern Lithuania.

Airfield owner Aurimas Bezaras says the Russian-made Su-29 plane had been flying dangerously low while performing circular patterns.

The 47-year-old Spanish pilot was training for an international acrobatic flying tournament.