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Search crews find crashed Swiss fighter jet, pilot unaccounted for

A Swiss Army Airforce helicopter is seen approaching near a displayed Northrop F-5 ll Tiger fighter jet at the military airport in Meiringen, Switzerland August 30, 2016. Reuters/Ruben Sprich

Swiss search parties found an air force fighter jet that went missing on Monday during a training exercise but were still trying to find the pilot, the Swiss defense ministry said on Tuesday.

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The plane, a one-seat F/A-18C, crashed near Susten in central Switzerland. Bad weather was hampering the search in mountainous terrain.

The incident marks the third time the Swiss Air Force has lost one of its F/A 18 jets in the past three years.

A pilot was injured when an aircraft went down in October 2015 in southeast France, while another F/A 18 crashed in Switzerland in 2013.

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