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		</div><p>An American fighter jet has crashed into the North Sea while on a training exercise off the north-east coast of England.</p>
<p>The US Air Force F-15C Eagle, from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, crashed at around 9.40am on Monday with one pilot on board.</p>
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<p>The status of the pilot is not known and a search and rescue operation is under way.<br />
The 48th Fighter Wing said in a statement: “At the time of the accident, the aircraft was on a routine training mission with one pilot on board.</p>
<p>“The cause of the crash as well as the status of the pilot are unknown at this time, and UK Search and Rescue have been called to support.”</p>
<p>The F15C, a single-seater air defence fighter, is a model of jet that has been used by the US Air Force since 1979.</p>
<p>RAF spokesman Martin Tinworth said the aircraft has an “exceptional flight safety record”.</p>
<p>HM Coastguard said in a statement that it received reports of a plane “going down into the sea 74 nautical miles off Flamborough Head” on the Yorkshire coast.</p>
<p>“The HM Coastguard helicopter from Humberside has been sent along with Bridlington and Scarborough RNLI lifeboats,” a spokesman said.</p>
<p>“Following a Mayday broadcast by HM Coastguard, other vessels nearby are heading to the area.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_157302" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-157302" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-157302" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/48DBDC02-08F9-4BC1-B804-72E21BB5BE7B.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="406" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-157302" class="wp-caption-text">RAF Lakenheath in Norfolk</figcaption></figure>
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<p>RAF Lakenheath is the “largest US Air Force-operated base in England and the only US air forces in Europe F15 fighter wing”, its website said.</p>
<p>The 48th Fighter Wing, which has operated from the base since 1960, has more than 4,500 “active-duty military members”.</p>
<p>Its mission statement is to “provide worldwide responsive combat air power and support”.</p>
<p>In October 2014, an F15D fighter jet based at RAF Lakenheath crashed in fields near Spalding in Lincolnshire.</p>
<p>The pilot ejected safely, suffering only minor injuries, and no-one on the ground was hurt.</p>
<p>A US Air Force investigation found that the crash was caused by the “angle of attack” of the aircraft and “imperfections” in the assembly of the jet’s nose cap.</p>
<p>In October 2015, US pilot Major Taj Sareen died when his F-18 Hornet jet crashed on farmland near RAF Lakenheath.</p>
<p>A subsequent investigation found the 34-year-old did not report problems with his aircraft before take-off.</p>
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