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Taiwan air force suffers second fatal accident in 2022

A Taiwanese jet trainer crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot, the defence 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.

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