Pieces of plane searching for crashed fighter jet pilot found

Vietnamese rescuers have found pieces of a search plane that went missing with nine people on board while attempting to locate a pilot from a crashed fighter jet.

The pieces including wreckage with the logo of the search plane, a tyre, a seat and personal belongings of crew members were discovered 20 nautical miles (23 miles) south-east of Bach Long Vi island and 3 nautical miles east of the demarcation line between Vietnam and China in the Gulf of Tonkin, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.