RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian Air Force F-5 fighter jet crashed in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area shortly after takeoff on Thursday, but the two pilots ejected before the aircraft plummeted into a field, the Air Force said.
The refurbished fighter ran into trouble shortly after departing the Santa Cruz Air Force base west of Rio de Janeiro on a training flight, according to an Air Force statement. It said the jet crashed in an uninhabited area and no one was hurt on the ground.
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