Incident in the Yellow Sea off the coast of South Korea: A US F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight between the Korean Peninsula and China.
The pilot was able to save himself at the last minute via the ejection seat, the US military announced on Monday.
Pilot in stable condition
He was recovered from the Yellow Sea by the South Korean Navy and is in stable condition.
The plane took off from the US Air Base in Gunsan on Monday morning before an in-flight emergency occurred, the report said.
The cause of the accident is under investigation. The US has 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea.
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Source: Krone
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