Japanese fighter jet catches fire before takeoff

Japanese fighter jet catches fire before takeoff

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japanese Self-Defense Force personnel working at the site where an F-4 fighter jet caught fire shortly before its scheduled departure for a flight drill at Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2017. No one was hurt in the incident and the two pilots escaped safely. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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