Missing VPAF Su-30MK2V crew member has been rescued, another still unaccounted

One of the two crew members aboard a VPAF Su-30MK2V that crashed on Jun. 14 has been rescued by a fishing boat. Maj. Nguyen Huu Cuong was found at around 5 a.m. on the next day, the other pilot, Col. Tran Quang Khai, is still missing.

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Nguyen revealed that both of them ejected from the stricken aircraft and he saw Tran’s parachute floating in the sea before they drifted apart.