Vietnam Coast Guard plane disappears while searching for missing jet

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Originally Posted by jojo1977

This appeared in the newspapers here today, not sure anyone is interested...
Vietnam jet goes missing while searching for lost pilot and fighter jet

This is a turboprop and not a pure jet ! I assume the military aircraft was a jet. There's a big difference in that props and gearboxes become suspect in addition to the jet part of the engine etc. etc.