The US Army announced that one of its F-16 fighter planes crashed on Wednesday morning in the waters off the western coast of South Korea. The pilot of the plane was able to survive after successfully jumping from it.
The US Army said - in a statement - that the fighter was exposed to an emergency while flying over the Western Sea (Yellow Sea) before it crashed. The South Korean Yonhap Agency reported that the American fighter jet crashed near Gunsan (274 kilometers south of the capital, Seoul) There is a US Air Force base in Gunsan that operates this type of military aircraft. This is the third American F- 16 fighter to crash in South Korea since May 2023.