China News Service, May 25. According to foreign media reports, the U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base posted on social media Twitter that a plane taking off from the Air Force base crashed near Las Vegas. The pilot was killed.
The source said: "An aircraft managed by a subcontractor that took off from Nellis Air Force Base crashed outside the southern border of the base at approximately 14:30 on May 24, local time."
The statement stated that there were a large number of federal and local rapid response agencies at the site of the incident.
Currently, an investigation into the crash has been launched.