Pilot missing after suspected ejection from jet during training mission in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Taiwan's air force on Tuesday said it suspected a pilot had ejected from an F-16V fighter jet at 7:29 p.m. local time during a routine training mission in the island's eastern Hualien County on the same day.

The pilot, surnamed Hsin, was flying about 10 nautical miles east of Fengbin Township in Hualien when the incident occurred.

Search operations are underway.