SDF F-2A fighter jet crashes in Pacific off east Japan, pilot rescued
An Air Self-Defense Force F-2A fighter jet crashed Thursday in the Pacific off eastern Japan during a training flight, with the pilot rescued after escaping the aircraft before impact, Kyodo reports.
The pilot ejected from the jet before it crashed around 12:35 p.m. off Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the ASDF, which added that it is still confirming further details.
The single-seater jet is based at the Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. No damage to vessels at the accident site has been reported so far, the ASDF said.
The latest incident comes after another involving an ASDF T-4 training jet in May. Two crew members were killed when the T-4 crashed into a large reservoir in the central prefecture of Aichi.
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