F-35 fighter jet crashes in California, pilot ejects safely

(Reuters) -An F-35 fighter jet crashed near Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California, the U.S. Navy said on Wednesday.

"The pilot successfully ejected and is safe. There are no additional affected personnel," a statement from NAS Lemoore said.

No further details on the crash were provided. The cause of the crash is under investigation, the statement said.

U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin , the maker of F-35 fighter jets, said in response to a Reuters request for comment that it was aware of the F-35 incident at Naval Air Station Lemoore.

(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Additional Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan and Ananya Palyekar, Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Pooja Desai)

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