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Navy aircraft crashes during exercises in East China

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2014-06-06 14:04

A Chinese navy airplane crashed late Thursday night during an exercise in a mountain area near Yiwu city, East China's Zhejiang province, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing navy officials Friday.

The navy aircraft from the Donghai Fleet of the Chinese navy crashed at 10:37 pm Thursday during tactical training courses. There was no collateral damages.

Military officials haven't reavealed the number of pilots onboard.

Rescue work is underway.

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