YEMEN Press Agency

US military plane crashes in South Carolina

SANAA, Sept. 29 (YPA) – A US F-35B military aircraft crashed on Friday near the Beaufort Marine Air Station in South Carolina, local officials and the US military said.

The Beaufort County Police Office said the pilot, who was the only one aboard the fighter, jumped safely from the plane and was checked to make sure he was not injured.

“The crashed plane is a F-35B produced by Lockheed Martin,” said a US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The army and local officials did not say the cause of the crash.

 

Sameera Hassn