Japan finds piece of missing F-15 jet, still searching for crew

A government spokesman said 'all efforts' were being made to locate the missing crew members

|Feb 01, 2022, 09:17:48 IST

Tokyo, Japan: Japanese aircraft and boats were searching Tuesday for two crew from a fighter jet that is believed to have crashed after taking off a day earlier, a government spokesman said.

Part of the F-15 jet has been found, but authorities are still searching for the two people on board, top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.

The jet, which was on a training mission, disappeared from radar shortly after it took off on 31 January, 2022, late afternoon, Matsuno said.

It disappeared about five kilometres (three miles) west-northwest of the Komatsu airbase in central Ishikawa region, off the Sea of Japan.

"As part of the fuselage of the fighter jet was discovered in the area, the fighter jet is believed to have crashed," Matsuno said.

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