{"id":41095,"date":"2019-03-12T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/12\/beijing-two-pilots-killed-in-fighter-jet-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:42:09","slug":"beijing-two-pilots-killed-in-fighter-jet-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/03\/12\/beijing-two-pilots-killed-in-fighter-jet-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing: Two pilots killed in fighter jet crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING \u2014 A Chinese navy fighter jet crashed during a training mission Tuesday in the southern island province of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Hainan\" target=_blank>Hainan<\/a>, killing both pilots, the navy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash took place in Ledong county in the mountainous and heavily forested tropical province and the cause was under investigation, the navy said on its official Twitter-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonweibo.com\/sinaweibo\/\" target=_blank>Weibo microblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said no casualties were reported on the ground. 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