A military plane crashed into the sea off east China's Shandong Province Thursday, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy said on Thursday.
The accident occurred at around 10 a.m. when a seaplane from the Beihai Fleet was conducting flight drill above the Jiaozhou Bay near Qingdao City, the naval authorities said.
Rescue is underway, according to the PLA navy.
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