U.S Fighter jet crashes into sea in Japan
01:08, UK, Monday 11 June 2018
A US fighter jet has crashed into the sea off the Japanese island of Okinawa.
The F 15 Eagle aircraft crashed at around 6.40am on Monday local time, around 80km south of Naha city in the island's south.
The plane was from the US Air Force's Kadena Base, which said on Twitter that its pilot successfully ejected from the plane and was safely recovered by search and rescue teams.
Reports say the pilot was taken by helicopter to a nearby US naval hospital.
Nearly 18,000 Americans and more than 4,000 work on Kadena Air Base, which is home to the 18th Wing and associated US Air Force units.
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