TOKYO, Japan, Feb 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Japanese fighter jet crashed into the Sea of Japan, during a training drill Wednesday morning, but its two crew members were rescued.
The Japanese Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) F-2 fighter jet, went missing from radar around 9:18 a.m. local time, off the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture, according to the ASDF.
The plane’s last confirmed location was about 130 km north-east of the Tsuiki Air Base, in the south-western prefecture of Fukuoka.
The F-2 left the base with two other fighters before 9:00 a.m. local time, to conduct the training exercise, before the accident occurred, the ASDF said.– NNN-XINHUA
