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Air force training plane missing

ROC Central News Agency

2010/12/15 16:26:20

By Hsia Nien-tzu and S.C. Chang

Kaohsiung, Dec. 15 (CNA) An air force T34 Mentor training plane crashed in a remote river valley in Kaohsiung County's Liugui Township Wednesday leaving a flight instructor and a cadet missing as of that afternoon.

The county's fire bureau said it began receiving calls from local people at around 2 p.m. reporting an air crash in the vicinity of Butterfly Valley in the township's Xinliao Village.

The Air Force Academy later confirmed that the plane was missing.

Bureau officials said the reported crash site is in a deep valley that is not easily approached. They added that it will take quite some time to determine the exact crash location before starting a rescue mission.



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