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Search continues for missing fighter jet crew in Sea of Japan

Japan's Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighter jets (top and 2nd from top) conduct an air exercise with U.S. Navy F/A 18 Hornet aircrafts in the skies above the Sea of Japan, Japan, in this photo released by the Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan November 13, 2017. Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Tokyo, 1 February, /AJMEDIA/

Search operations continued Tuesday after an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet with a crew of two disappeared from radar the previous evening over the Sea of Japan.

The ASDF, the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the coast guard have mobilized search planes, helicopters and vessels off Komatsu Air Base in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa.

Part of the fighter and lifesaving equipment has been spotted floating about 5 kilometers off the base.

The fighter was on its way for training when it disappeared from radar soon after takeoff around 5:30 p.m. Monday.

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