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New post on Weibo confirmed( unofficially ) it's a Y-8, and 12 people dead in the crash. RIP

This is how it was described on wiki though...

• On 29 January 2018, a PLAAF Y-8G SIGNT/ELINT Intelligence aircraft has been suspected to be involved in a crash while on a training flight near Zunyi, Guizhou Province. All 43 on board were killed in the accident. Investigations are still currently ongoing.[
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manqiangrexue said:

This is how it was described on wiki though...

• On 29 January 2018, a PLAAF Y-8G SIGNT/ELINT Intelligence aircraft has been suspected to be involved in a crash while on a training flight near Zunyi, Guizhou Province. All 43 on board were killed in the accident. Investigations are still currently ongoing.[
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Uhh......Someone always keeps amazing "speed" in this kind of "race".You know,it happened many times before(

manqiangrexue said:

This is how it was described on wiki though...

• On 29 January 2018, a PLAAF Y-8G SIGNT/ELINT Intelligence aircraft has been suspected to be involved in a crash while on a training flight near Zunyi, Guizhou Province. All 43 on board were killed in the accident. Investigations are still currently ongoing.[
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Wait, what? How did they get 43 from the current 12?

jobjed said:

The initial footage is not from the same incident. Someone just tagged it on there as a hoax.

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So we don't have the real footage of this incident? If so, the type of aircraft is not known except rumor claiming a Y-8 type.

looks like, for the moment, only the accident is confirmed by the weibo account of PLAF (I checked it), everything else is just rumor.

La Chine mène un nouvel essai d’intercepion antimissile à mi-course

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looks interesting, will you Hendrik...

Hendrik_2000 said:

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Lhasa Gonggar AP ....

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Deino said:

Lhasa Gonggar AP ....

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Deino said:

Lhasa Gonggar AP ....

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OedoSoldier suggests that the engine is WS-10 ... interesting as the petals do look slightly different

WS-10搭載型J-10Bがラサ・クンガ空港で現れた

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WS-10-mounted j-10b appeared at Lhasa Gonggar Airport