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A U.S. military fighter jet crashed during training on Saturday in South Korea, CNN reported, citing the U.S. military.
No casualty was reported, Yonhap news agency 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 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 of the crash.
(With input from Xinhua)
(Cover: File of a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon. /CFP)
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