*BERLIN: United States Air Force **F – 16 fighter jet crashed duringroutine flight, Pilot ejects successfully after suffering minor injuries.*
*An F-16 warplane belonging to the United States Air Force crashed overuninhabited territory in western Germany on Tuesday but the pilot escapedwith minor injuries after ejecting, officials said.*
Public broadcaster SWR reported earlier that the crash had happened nearthe city of Trier, not far from Rammstein, a major U.S. airbase in Germany.
A US air force spokeswoman said the jet had crashed at around 1500 localtime (1300 GMT) during a routine training flight and that there had been nocasualties.
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