A J-10 fighter jet of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force ditched in the frigid waters of the Jialu River in Henan province, and it was all caught on video.
The J-10S two-seater fighter jet reportedly came down on 22 October.
According to a video circulating on Chinese social media, both pilots ejected safely and sustained only minor injuries.
Members of a Taiwan military enthusiast social network group identified the location as a site 1.2 kilometers from the Zhengzhou Matougang Airport runway.
The J-10 is China’s indigenously built multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry.
China formally announced the J-10 in February 2007. The existence of the J-10 was first reported in 1994, but the J-10 program was started in 1988 and the first flight of the single-seat aircraft took place in 1998. A two-seater variant made its first flight in 2003.
🇨🇳 a PLAAF J-10 trainer aircraft allegedly made emergency landing on Jialu River (賈魯河) in Henan province this morning (Oct 22). 2 pilots ejected from the fighter and landed on the river too.
1/n pic.twitter.com/mOltd7FidS
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) October 22, 2021
🇨🇳 a PLAAF J-10 trainer aircraft allegedly made emergency landing on Jialu River (賈魯河) in Henan province this morning (Oct 22). 2 pilots ejected from the fighter and landed on the river too.
1/n pic.twitter.com/mOltd7FidS
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) October 22, 2021