South Korea's fighter jet crashes with pilot escaping safely


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SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Xinhua): A South Korean fighter jet crashed Sunday, with its pilot escaping safely, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean air force.

The KF-16 fighter jet, which belongs to the 19th Fighter Wing, crashed at about 8:05 p.m. local time (1105 GMT) in an area some 20 km west of Wonju city, located around 85 km east of the capital Seoul.

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