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U.S. Rescues One of Two Crew Members From Jet Downed in Iran

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for April 3. WSJ senior video and national security correspondent Shelby Holliday gives us the latest on the F-15E fighter jet and its missing crew member. A second American warplane was hit; the pilot is safe after flying out of Iranian territory and ejecting from the aircraft. Plus, the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March, far exceeding expectations. We hear from Journal economics reporter Matt Grossman about the economy’s bright spots. And in the months since Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, prospective investors have been visiting Venezuela. WSJ South America bureau chief Juan Forero talks about the risks they’re taking. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.6

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0:32.0

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0:54.3

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0:56.2

I'm Alex Ocelah for the Wall Street Journal.

0:58.7

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

1:09.4

Iran shot down an American F-15E fighter jet earlier today.

1:14.1

It's the first known loss of a jet in the country since the start of the war.

1:17.9

The U.S. has rescued one crew member, and the status of the second is unknown, and the search and rescue continues.

1:24.2

The journal Senior Video and National Security correspondent Shelby Holiday has been reporting this story and it's here now with the latest.

1:30.7

Shelby, what do we know about the situation? How did this happen?

1:34.4

Yeah, this was an extremely tense day for the United States. The plane was downed in Iranian territory.

1:40.8

The crew members were both in an F-15E strike eagle fighter jet, and one of them was rescued

1:47.3

earlier in the day, but the search has been ongoing for the second crew member for hours now.

1:53.5

And we know that Iran brought the plane down at this point.

1:57.6

It's not clear what they shot the plane with. But there was a huge church and rescue

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