Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said “several United States military aircraft crashed” on Monday and that “all crew members survived,” CNN reports.
The statement comes after videos showed a fighter jet crashing in Kuwait and a pilot parachuting to the ground. The video appeared to show an F-15E fighter jet, according to a CNN analysis.
It’s unclear what caused the crashes of the aircraft, which each cost tens of millions of dollars.
“Relevant authorities immediately initiated search-and-rescue operations,” Kuwait’s defense ministry spokesperson Col. Said Al-Atwan said in the statement.
“The crews were evacuating from the crash sites and transferred to hospital to assess their condition and provided necessary medical care,” he said.
The crew members are in a “stable” condition, the ministry added.
Al-Atwan said Kuwait was in “direct coordination” with US authorities.
