UPDATE: No one hurt after F-16 experiences rough landing at Sioux Falls airfield

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota Information Now) – UPDATE, 4:50 p.m.: Authorities say nobody was damage after an F-16 skilled issues touchdown at Joe Foss Area in Sioux Falls.

A press launch from the South Dakota Air Nationwide Guard states a fighter jet assigned to the 114th Fighter Win went off the tip of a runway round 2:45 p.m. Wednesday upon coming back from a routine coaching mission.

Officers say nobody was injured within the incident. Emergency crews are nonetheless on the scene.

The reason for the accident is below investigation.

A South Dakota Air Nationwide Guard jet skilled some kind of difficulty whereas touchdown on the Sioux Falls airfield.

An plane emergency name was reported round 3 p.m. Wednesday. A Dakota Information Now crew on the airport noticed an F-16 jet that appeared to have overshot its runway. Harm to the aircraft didn’t look like too in depth, however the touchdown gear was clearly broken and the aircraft was resting on its nostril.

It’s unclear if anybody was injured in the course of the incident. Dakota Information Now’s reaching out to authorities to assemble extra data.

The South Dakota Air Nationwide operates a number of F-16 fighter jets out of its Sioux Falls base, which shares the airfield with the Sioux Falls Regional Airport.

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