One person has died and two more injured when a fighter jet crashed in central China on Thursday, state media reported. The plane, an Air Force J-7, "had an accident during training and fell in the vicinity of an airport... causing damage to private homes", according to state broadcaster CCTV. The pilot parachuted to safety and has been transferred to hospital along with the other injured, CCTV said. Two pilots died when a navy plane crashed in 2019 in the island province of Hainan. China's civil aviation authority did not immediately find any reason for the incident, and have said an investigation is ongoing.

Source: The Standard June 09, 2022 23:47 UTC