Publication Date:
Tue, 2003-04-01 03:00
RIYADH, 1 April 2003 — A Saudi Royal Air Force F-15 C fighter jet caught fire yesterday while attempting to take off from an air base in the northwest of the Kingdom, but the pilot escaped unhurt, the Defense Ministry said.
The plane lost its nose wheel and the fuselage scraped along the runway sparking a blaze, a ministry spokesman said in statement quoted by the Saudi Press Agency.
“The pilot managed to get out of the aircraft which was loaded with ammunition,” the statement added.
The plane, from King Faisal Air Base near Tabuk, was setting off on a “routine patrol” inside the Kingdom, the official said.
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