US-Iran conflict: ‘A number of’ American warplanes crash in Kuwait, crew survive

A number of US army plane crashed in Kuwait early Monday, however all crew members survived and had been in secure situation, Kuwait’s ministry of defence mentioned.In an announcement carried by Kuwait’s state information company, the ministry mentioned the crews had been evacuated and transferred to hospital and that the response was carried out in coordination with US forces. The assertion didn’t specify what number of plane had been concerned, reported Reuters. Individually, smoke was seen rising from the neighborhood of the US embassy compound in Kuwait Metropolis, with fireplace vans and ambulances deployed within the space, a witness informed Reuters. There was no quick response to requests for remark from the US embassy in Kuwait or the US state division relating to the embassy incident.The crashes got here as Kuwait mentioned it had intercepted hostile drones earlier on Monday, marking the third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf states following US and Israeli assaults on Iran.Iran’s state media, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, mentioned Iranian armed forces had hit a US airplane that crashed in Kuwait. A number of movies are circulating on social media as being filmed within the Al Jahra space confirmed a army plane falling from the sky, with an individual seen parachuting in the identical body.