A Taiwanese jet trainer crashed Tuesday, killing the pilot, the Defense Ministry said, the second fatal accident the air force has experienced in 2022.
The ministry said the AT-3 jet crashed during a training mission from the Gangshan air base in the southern city of Kaohsiung and the body of the pilot had already been found.
The AT-3 is a domestically developed advanced trainer that first flew in 1980 and can carry weapons.