Royal Thai Air Force F-16 skids off taxiway in Korat, pilot survives

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By Dylan Malyasov
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An F-16 fighter jet skidded off a taxiway and crashed into a drainage ditch in Nakhon Ratchasima Wednesday afternoon, damaging the aircraft but leaving the pilot only slightly hurt.

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