Brazilian F-5F Fighter Jet Crashes Near Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro (VIDEO)

15:05 GMT, 24 May 2018

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Brazilian Air Force said on Thursday that one of its F-5F fighter aircraft had crashed near the Santa Cruz air base, located in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.

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"The F-5F fighter jet of the Brazilian Air Force crashed at 07:40 a.m. [10:40 GMT] on May 24 after it had taken off [the Santa Cruz base] in Rio de Janeiro. The pilots managed to eject from the aircraft," the Air Force said on Twitter.

Investigators have arrived at the scene of the accident to probe the reason of the crash, the Brazilian Air Force added.

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