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Fighter jet crashes into barrier at Homestead air base; no one injured

By Carli Teproff

cteproff@miamiherald.com
An F-16 pilot with the 495th Fighter Group, Detachment 93, takes off at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., July 10, 2013. An F-16 fighter jet, similar to the one pictured, crashed into a barrier at the Homestead Air Reserve Base Monday morning, Aug. 8, 2016.
An F-16 pilot with the 495th Fighter Group, Detachment 93, takes off at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., July 10, 2013. An F-16 fighter jet, similar to the one pictured, crashed into a barrier at the Homestead Air Reserve Base Monday morning, Aug. 8, 2016. Senior Airman Jaimi Upthegrove U.S. Air Force photo

An F-16 Fighting Falcon jet crashed into a safety barrier at the Homestead Air Reserve Base Monday morning during takeoff, according to Air Force officials.

The jet, which is assigned to the 482nd Fighter Wing, hit the safety barrier “due to an aborted takeoff,” the Air Force said in a news release. No one was injured in the crash.

The pilot was heading out on a routine training mission at about 9:30 a.m. when the accident happened.

Investigators are now looking into what cause the pilot to hit the barrier.

Carli Teproff: 305-376-3587, @CTeproff

This story was originally published August 8, 2016 at 7:19 PM with the headline "Fighter jet crashes into barrier at Homestead air base; no one injured."

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