Baku – APA. A Taiwanese fighter jet ploughed into the sea off the island's north coast on Monday, the air force's second crash in less than a week, military officials said, APA reports quoting Bangkok Post.
The crash happened when the French-made Mirage 2000-5 fighter was conducting a regular training mission, the air force said, adding that both crew managed to parachute to safety.
The cause of the incident was under investigation, it said.
A single-seater F-16 went down off central Taiwan on Wednesday last week due to mechanical failure. The pilot managed to parachute to safety.
In 1992 Taiwan purchased 60 Mirage 2000-5 fighters from France. 5 of them crashed.
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