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US Fighter Jet Crashes off UK Coast-UPDATE: Pilot Found Dead
BREAKING NEWS:
US Fighter Jet Crashes off UK Coast With Rescue Mission for Pilot Launched
A United States Airforce F-15C Eagle fighter jet has crashed into the North Sea near Middlesbrough, northeast England, prompting a massive search operation off the Yorkshire coastline near Flamborough Head
Daily Mirror UK, 15 JUN 2020
A major search operation has been launched off the Yorkshire coastline, after the F-15C Eagle fighter crashed into the North Sea off Flamborough Head this morning.
The pilot is yet to be found.
The Coastguard has issued a Mayday call for nearby vessels to rush to the site as rescue boats and helicopters are dispatched to the scene.
The plane had been flying in a formation drill, and a statement from the 48th Fighter Wing command confirmed there had been one pilot aboard.
Rescuers are searching for the jet from the US Air Force wing based at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, the statement said.
An F-15C Eagle assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron flies over the North Sea last month (file photo)
The single-seater aircraft had reportedly been flying as part of a four-jet formation before it crashed in waters off the Yorkshire coastline.
The American jet, based at the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, was reported to have been flying on a routine training mission when it went down.
A spokesman for the US Air Force said: "The cause of the crash as well as the status of the pilot are unknown at this time, and UK Search and Rescue have been called to support."
A flight radar map over the North Sea this morning (Image: @TheAviationist/Twitter)
The craft reportedly crashed at about 9.40am Monday, GMT.
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