{"id":17691,"date":"2022-02-13T12:09:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T06:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17691"},"modified":"2022-02-13T12:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T06:39:06","slug":"pilots-body-found-2-weeks-after-japans-fighter-jet-vanished-from-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/13\/pilots-body-found-2-weeks-after-japans-fighter-jet-vanished-from-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot&#8217;s Body Found 2 Weeks After Japan&#8217;s Fighter Jet Vanished From Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Japan&#8217;s airforce said Sunday that it had recovered the body of one of two crewmen of a fighter jet that went missing two weeks ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Pilot's Body Found 2 Weeks After Japan's Fighter Jet Vanished From Radar\" class=\"wp-image-17694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-scaled-600x405.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-1536x1035.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-2048x1381.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-750x506.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/n-f35-a-20150424-1140x768.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The F-15 fighter jet was on a training mission on January 31 when it disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Komatsu airbase in the central Ishikawa region, sparking a search for its missing crew.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The airforce said a body was found on Friday by the navy during search operations in the Sea of Japan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The military said it has confirmed the identity of the body, but did not release the name and added that the search for his co-pilot continued.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exactly why and how their plane crashed has not been made clear, but the defence ministry has not sought to ground F-15s in the wake of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan has occasionally seen accidents involving its airforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Turkish-F-35-01-1-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pilot's Body Found 2 Weeks After Japan's Fighter Jet Vanished From Radar\" class=\"wp-image-17693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Turkish-F-35-01-1-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Turkish-F-35-01-1-1024x682-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Turkish-F-35-01-1-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Turkish-F-35-01-1-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Turkish-F-35-01-1-1024x682-1-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019 an F-35A stealth jet crashed into the sea after the pilot suffered spatial disorientation, sparking a scramble to recover the body and sensitive military equipment onboard the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s airforce said Sunday 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