A Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashed in south-eastern Turkey on Monday near the Syrian border.

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashed in south-eastern Turkey on Monday near the Syrian border.

An army statement announced the incident, adding that the pilot has safely ejected.

Radio communication was cut around 2:15 pm (1115 GMT) with the F-16 fighter plane on mission in the Amanos mountains," shortly after the pilot signaled he was about to eject from the aircraft, read the statement.

The governor of Osminaye province, Celalettin Cerrah, specified that the plane had gone down in the town of Yarpuz, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the Syrian border.

The reasons for the crash were not specified.