Kuwait’s defense ministry says ‘several’ US military aircraft have crashed, all crews survived

Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said “several United States military aircraft crashed” on Monday and that “all crew members survived,” CNN reports.

“Relevant authorities immediately initiated search-and-rescue operations,” Kuwait’s defense ministry spokesperson Col. Said Al-Atwan said in the statement, according to CNN.

“The crews were evacuating from the crash sites and transferred to hospital to assess their condition and provided necessary medical care,” he said, according to CNN.

The crew members are in a “stable” condition, the ministry added.

Al-Atwan said Kuwait was in “direct coordination” with US authorities.

The statement comes after videos posted online showed a fighter jet crashing in Kuwait and a pilot parachuting to the ground.