TOKYO — A U.S. fighter jet dumped two fuel tanks into a lake in northern Japan on Tuesday, creating a fuel slick, as about 10 fishermen were catching clams in boats below, officials said. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement that an F-16 jet assigned to Misawa Air Base dumped the external fuel tanks after developing an engine fire while flying above Lake Ogawara. He said the water surface was smeared with fuel. The local fisheries association and town officials were assessing the impact of the fuel leaking from the tanks. They might have been hit if the fuel tanks had fallen a bit closer,” he said.

Source: National Post February 20, 2018 07:06 UTC