US pilot ejects from F-16 fighter jet moments before plane crashes into Yellow Sea off South Korean coast

An American F-16 fighter jet crashed into the Yellow Sea off the Korean Peninsula, the pilot ejected from the plane, the agency reports. Yonhap News.

The plane crashed into the water Monday after takeoff from a U.S. air base in Gunsan, South Korea, about 111 miles from Seoul.

It is unclear whether the pilot was rescued, and U.S. officials in South Korea could not immediately be reached for comment.

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An American F-16 fighter jet crashed into the Yellow Sea off the Korean Peninsula.