SEOUL, May 6 (NNN-YONHAP) – A U.S. military fighter jet, crashed in South Korea today, with no casualty reported.
The F-16 fighter jet, crashed into a farmland at 9:31 a.m. local time, in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km south of the capital, Seoul. The city is where a key military base of the United States Forces Korea (USFK) is located.
One pilot on board the ill-fated combat plane escaped before the crash.
Most of the fighter jet was burned down. A police official was quoted as saying, no other damage was reported, as there are no private houses near the scene.– NNN-YONHAP