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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

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Re: Chinese Pilot MIA

Date: April 04, 2001

China Says Missing Pilot Parachuted From Plane

The pilot, Navy Captain Wang Wei, of the Chinese fighter that crashed after colliding with a U.S. spy plane managed to parachute from his aircraft but has still not been found, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

President Jiang Zemin had ordered "utmost efforts" in the search, Xinhua said. He had also "expressed great concern for the safety of the missing pilot".

Jiang also instructed that the search for the missing pilot, Wang Wei, should continue "at any price."

The Chinese navy and the Guangzhou Marine Salvation Bureau sent ships and planes southeast of Hainan Island, in the South China Sea, where the incident took place Sunday, said Xinhua. By late Tuesday, China had sent 29 ships and 37 planes to search and rescue the pilot.

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