Original title: a US fighter plane crashed in southwest Germany and the pilot ejected to escape
A German Air Force spokesman said on the 8th that a US fighter plane crashed near Trier, a city in southwestern Germany.
According to local police in Germany, the fighter crashed in the forest near the U.S. Army's spondalem air force base, and the pilot ejected to escape. Part of the crashed fighter leaked fuel.
The U.S. Army's spondalem Air Force Base announced on its website that a U.S. F-16 'battle Falcon' fighter crashed during routine training at about 3 p.m. local time on the 8th. The pilot ejected and escaped and was slightly injured. The base will investigate the crash.
Spondalem is located in the west of Rhineland Pfalz, Germany, about 30 kilometers away from Trier. The U.S. Air Force in Europe has a base in spondalem.