F-16 fighter jet crashes at US air base in western Germany

An F-16 ‌fighter jet ​assigned to the US air base Spangdahlem in western ‌Germany crashed on Tuesday, the US military said, adding that one pilot had ejected safely and was ‌receiving medical treatment.

The cause of the incident ‌is under investigation, the military said in a statement, with emergency response personnel at the scene of the crash. Germany's ⁠air ​traffic ⁠control authority, in a separate statement, said a total of ⁠four F-16s had been taking part in a training ​exercise.

"Two were still in the training area, ⁠while two were returning to Spangdahlem Air Base. One ⁠of ​these two jets is believed to have crashed while on approach," it said, ⁠adding the remaining F-16s had landed at the US Air ⁠Force ⁠base in Ramstein.