Vietnamese Search Plane Missing, 9 People Aboard

Local Editor

Vietnamese rescuers found some pieces belonging to a search plane that went missing with nine people aboard while attempting to locate a pilot from a crashed fighter jet, the military said Friday.

The pieces including wreckage bearing the logo of the search plane, a tire, a seat and personal belongings of crew members were discovered.

Meanwhile, online newspaper VnExpress quoted Maj. Gen. Nguyen Quang Dam, commander of the maritime police, as saying bad weather may be blamed for the aircraft’s crash. Dam said the crew asked to descend to lower altitude when experiencing unexpected bad weather.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team