Dinh Viet Hong, Vice Chairman of Nghe An provincial People’s Committee and head of the search and rescue board, said sustained efforts were made to find the missing pilot - Senior Lieutenant Colonel Tran Quang Khai, deputy head and chief of staff of Regiment 923.

Earlier, Major Nguyen Huu Cuong, a pilot on Su-30MK2 was saved at 5 am of June 15.

Cuong, who is also the head of the SU30 fighter squadron under Division 371’s Regiment 923 of the Air Defence – Air Force Service, was in stable condition when he was found by fisherman Pham Van Le from the neighbouring province of Ha Tinh.