Air Force F-35 crashes at end of runway in Utah
Air Force officials say that the pilot ejected from the aircraft
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Air Force F-35 crashed at the end of a runway near Salt Lake City, officials said on Wednesday.
The F-35 crashed at Hill Air Force Base at the north end of the runway, the 388th Fighter Wing said in a tweet.
During an evening press conference, 388th Fighter Wing Commander, Col. Craig R. Andrle, confirmed the pilot safely ejected and that no one was harmed.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"First and foremost, we’re thankful that he’s okay [and] that he got out of the aircraft," Andrle said. "We’re thankful that nobody on the ground was injured and we’ll start the process of figuring out what happened from here."
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"The system in the aircraft is designed to get you out of the jet safely and to the ground," he continued. "And it worked as advertised today."
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The commander said the pilot was coming back from a routine training mission when the incident happened.
Emergency crews remained on the scene.