AT 9:30 TODAY A ROYAL SAUDI AIR FORCE PLANE, F-15, CRASHED WHILE IT WAS ON A TRAINING MISSION IN AN AREA LOCATED 80 KILOMETER WEST OF KING ABDULAZIZ AIR BASE IN THE EASTERN SECTOR, SAID AN OFFICIAL SOURCE AT THE DEFENSE MINISTRY. DESPITE THE CRASH OF THE PLANE , THE PILOT EJECTED SAFELY, THE OFFICIAL SOURCE ADDED NOTING THAT THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN AN UNPOPULATED AREA. AN INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED FOR TRACING THE CAUSES OF THE INCIDENT.