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F-16 lands safely after emergency

Plane jettisoned two empty external fuel tanks

Updated: Friday, 23 Jul 2010, 3:23 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 23 Jul 2010, 8:29 AM EDT

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado Air National Guard says an F-16 fighter jet landed safely after an unspecified emergency during a training flight over Colorado and Kansas.

The Guard says the pilot was unharmed but the plane jettisoned two empty external fuel tanks over an unpopulated part of Elbert County, Colo. The county is about 30 miles southeast of Denver.

The Air Force says a search team found the two empty fuel tanks on Friday about 200 yards from a farm house in Elbert County. The exact location wasn't disclosed, but the county is about 20 miles southeast of Denver.

Air Force Maj. Nicole David says an Army National Guard helicopter spotted the tanks and an Air Force team was driving them back to Buckley Air Force Base in suburban Denver, where the F-16 is based.

David says the jet wasn't carrying weapons, and that the fuel tanks didn't cause any damage when they landed.

She said she didn't know the nature of the emergency.

The jet took off from Buckley Air Force Base outside Denver and landed at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, about 60 miles south.

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