An F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise in Alaska on Tuesday. The pilot experienced an “in-flight malfunction” but was able to eject from the aircraft, Col Paul Townsend, from the US air force, said in the wake of the incident at the Eielson air force base.

A U.S. Air Force pilot was reported to be safe after a single-seat F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday during a training exercise at a base in Alaska. The pilot experienced an “inflight malfunction” but was able to eject from the aircraft,