US Marine Corps jet crashes in California

Baku. 26 October. REPORT.AZ/ A Marine Corps jet fighter crashed and burned Tuesday in the Southern California desert, but the pilot ejected safely, a spokesman said.

Report informs citing the RBK, the twin-engine F/A-18C Hornet crashed around 6 p.m. near the end of a training flight at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.

The pilot appeared to have no major injuries, but he was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, Roberts said. "He's OK and doing well right now," he said.

The aircraft burned, Roberts added.

There was no immediate word on what caused the crash.