1.   The airport was covered in thick clouds, and the pilots missed their approach.

2.   The Chinese fighter crashed into the sea and the pilot was missing.

3.   The Chinese jet spiraled into the ocean, and its pilot is missing and presumed dead.

4.   The Chinese pilot is still missing despite massive search efforts.

5.   The pilots missed a radio beacon that should have guided them to a landing.

6.   U.S. authorities offered to help shortly after they learned the pilot was missing, but China rejected the offer.

7.   Unfortunately, the pilot misses almost as often as it hits.

8.   A Czech army plane crashed Friday near the Austrian border and its pilot is missing.

9.   A Finnish Air Force jet fighter crashed Tuesday and the pilot was missing, officials said.