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A fighter plane crashed in Anji County in east China's Zhejiang province at 7:11 p.m. on Thursday, leaving the pilot dead, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
The fighter aircraft, the Jian-8, was conducting night flight training when the accident occurred, the ministry said in a statement on its website Friday.
There are no casualties on the ground, according to the statement.
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