A Jordanian F-16 warplane crashed in Saudi Arabia on Friday but its pilot survived, the Saudi-led military coalition fighting Shiite Huthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen said. "Technical reasons" caused the crash of the US-built aircraft in the Najran district on the Saudi side of the border with Yemen, the coalition said. It added that the pilot was in good condition.
The rebels' Al-Masirah television website claimed that the fighter-bomber had been shot down by "anti-aircraft defences".
Separately, the United Arab Emirates army command announced the death of one of its soldiers fighting in Yemen as part of the coalition.
He was the second Emirati soldier in a week to die in Yemen, raising to around 80 the number of troops from the UAE killed in coalition operations against the Huthis and their allies.
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