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

Sept 22 (Reuters) - ‌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.

(Reporting by ⁠Sabine Siebold, ‌writing by Christoph ​Steitz; editing by Thomas Seythal, Linda Pasquini and Gareth ‌Jones)

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