18 June 2016

News Story: Body of pilot in Vietnam's SU-30 jet accident found

HANOI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The body of a pilot who was in a SU-30 fighter jet that went missing early Tuesday morning has been found in waters off Nghe An province in central Vietnam on Friday.

Earlier on Tuesday morning, the Russian-made SU-30 fighter jet of Vietnam's air forces with two pilots aboard disappeared from radar screen while carrying out a training mission offshore Vietnam's central Nghe An province, some 260 km south of capital Hanoi.

Nguyen Huu Cuong, one of the SU-30's two pilots, was rescued by local fishermen on Wednesday.

Read the full story at Xinhua