US F-15 jet crashes off Japan`s Okinawa

Beijing: A US F-15 jet crashed off Japan`s Okinawa prefecture on Tuesday morning, according to Japan`s Kyodo News.

Meanwhile, Japan`s 11th Region Coast Guard Headquarters said it was informed by the US Forces in Japan at around 9 am local time that an F-15 jet crashed 100 km east off Okinawa and the pilot escaped. As of now, Japan has dispatched patrol aircraft and vessels to the accident site. Japan`s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga also said Japan has been informed about the incident and is gathering information on it. The crashed fighter, along with other three F-15s, was on way to participate in training above Okinawa from the US Kadena airbase in the prefecture. A US F-15 fighter crashed in 2006 and the pilot successfully escaped from the plane. ANI