Article: Turkish F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes


AP Online
08-26-1999
Turkish F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes

BATMAN, Turkey (AP) -- An F-16 fighter jet crashed as it landed at a military base in southeast Turkey on Thursday, and the pilot parachuted safely, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

A missile and other amunition exploded on impact, causing serious damage to the base in Batman, the report said. Firefighters quickly put out a fire at the site. Batman is 625 miles southeast of the capital, Ankara.

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