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| An SU-30 Flanker fighter of the Vietnam Air Force |
HANOI, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A Russia-made SU-30 fighter jet of the Vietnam air forces went missing on a training mission offshore in Vietnam's central Nghe An province Tuesday morning. Joint search efforts are underway, a local official told Xinhua.
Huynh Thanh Dien, vice chairman of Nghe An provincial people's committee, said over phone that "As soon as learning about the information on Tuesday morning, the province has instructed coordination of provincial military command, border guard, department of agriculture and rural development, search and rescue force, fishermen, Military Zone 4, and navy to deploy ships and boats to carry out the search and rescue mission."
There were two pilots aboard the jet - Tran Quang Khai, chief of staff of Regiment 923, and Nguyen Huu Cuong, flight lieutenant, reported Thanh Nien (Young People) online newspaper.
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