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Military Aviation => Modern Military Aircraft => Topic started by: Angry Turnip on September 19, 2019, 12:30:05 PM

Title: Belgian F-16 crash leaves pilot stuck
Post by: Angry Turnip on September 19, 2019, 12:30:05 PM

A two-seat Belgian F-16 has crashed near Lorient in France, and one of the flight crew is stuck on a power line after ejecting.

More here from BBC news website....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49751536 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49751536)

Title: Re: Belgian F-16 crash leaves pilot stuck
Post by: Jimi182 on September 19, 2019, 12:41:13 PM

Hope he's ok!  He must have been unconscious, or just couldn't avoid landing on the powerline?

Title: Re: Belgian F-16 crash leaves pilot stuck
Post by: Sneaky_Nikon on September 19, 2019, 02:24:03 PM

I'm just a couple of miles to the east right now. Was a lot of FJ activity last night, at one point something was orbiting the gite but nothing seen.