The F-15SA aircraft, which had two people on board, crashed at 14:28 on Wednesday afternoon in the training area of King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, Ministry of Defense spokesman Brigadier General Turki Al-Maliki said.Al-Maliki added that an investigation into the causes of the accident had begun.Authorities in Kuwait and Jordan offered their condolences to the government and people of Saudi Arabia after two crewmen died when a Royal Saudi Air Force fighter jet crashed during a training mission in Khamis Mushait on Wednesday.
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a message of sympathy for the families of the victims.
Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said he “prayed to Allah, the Almighty, to lodge the martyrs in paradise and grant their families patience and solace.”