Japanese authorities search for missing jet

Japanese authorities are conducting search and rescue operations on Tuesday after an F-15 jet went missing.

What do we know so far?

The jet belongs to Japan’s air self-defense forces.

The government has deployed aircraft and sea vessels to hunt for two missing crew members.

The jet disappeared shortly after departure on Monday, and went missing about 5 kilometres from the Komatsu airbase in Japan’s central region of Ishikawa.

The Japanese government believes the aircraft crashed.

“As part of the fuselage of the fighter jet was discovered in the area, the fighter jet is believed to have crashed,” Japanese government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters on Tuesday.