Taiwanese Fighter Jet Crashes During Training Exercise, Pilot Found Safe

Taiwanese Fighter Jet Crashes During Training Exercise, Pilot Found Safe
A Taiwanese Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet in a file photo. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Taiwanese fighter jet crashed during a nighttime training exercise on Tuesday but the pilot who ejected has been found safe, the defense ministry said.

The Mirage 2000 jet lost power at around 8 p.m., the ministry said. Rescuers found the pilot about two hours later.