Mechanical malfunction likely behind Mirage-2000 crash: Air Force

Initial indications are that a mechanical malfunction likely caused the crash of a Mirage-2000 fighter jet off the coast of southeastern Taiwan on Monday, Taiwan's Air Force said, as the search for the jet continued.

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