A Chinese navy fighter jet crashed in Hainan province on Tuesday killing two crew members.
A short statement said the crash happened during a training exercise over rural Ledong county in the southern island province.
No one else was reported to have been injured after the plane hit the ground and the cause of the incident is being investigated.
The person who uploaded the footage said the plane had hit the water tower before crashing into the ground.
Footage that purported to be taken from the crash site started circulating on social media after the accident.
The mobile phone footage, was taken in Hainan, showed smoke rising from piles of wreckage next to a damaged water tower as bystanders gathered at the site.
There were “no casualties on the ground,” the ministry said in a statement carried on the PLA Daily website, adding that the cause of the accident was under investigation.
The PLA’s official statement did not specify the type plane that crashed, although unverified witness account online said it was a twin-seat Xian JH-7 “Flying Leopard”
