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Wreckage of missing CASA aircraft recovered in northern Vietnam

Xinhua, June 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Wreckage of a CASA aircraft of Vietnam with nine people aboard which lost contact Thursday while carrying out rescue mission in waters off northern Vietnam has been recovered on Friday.

The wreckage, including debris of tire, seat, bag and personal belongings, among others, has been retrieved around Bach Long Vi water area in Vietnam's northern Hai Phong city (some 90 km east of capital Hanoi), the country's Ministry of Defense said on its website on Friday.

Competent authorities have confirmed that these items are from the missing CASA aircraft, which was carrying out searching mission for the SU-30 fighter jet which went missing Tuesday morning.

The CASA aircraft lost contact when it was flying over Bach Long Vi water area, according to Vietnam's National Committee for Search and Rescue.

Earlier on Tuesday morning, a Russian-made SU-30 fighter jet of Vietnam air forces with two pilots aboard disappeared from radar screen while carrying out a training mission offshore Vietnam's central Nghe An province, some 260 km south of capital Hanoi.

One of the SU-30's two pilots was rescued by local fishermen on Wednesday while the other pilot remains missing. Endit