BEIJING, JAN 29 (DNA) – A Chinese military aircraft crashed during a training session in Guizhou province in Southwest China , the nation’s Air Force Monday said.

“In the afternoon of January 29, an aircraft from the Air Force crashed during flight training in Guizhou province.

Currently, search and rescue efforts are underway,” the Chinese Air Force said in a statement on its official account on Weibo.

However the fate of the pilot of the crashed plane in yet unknown.