Lunchmaster
30th May 2007, 16:04
This is running on the Reuters newswire...no news on the crew.
CHICAGO, May 30 (Reuters) - An F-15 fighter jet crashed in southern Indiana on Wednesday, the Federal Administration said.
No details about the crash, which occurred about 50 miles (80.4 km) north of Evansville, were immediately available, Tony Molinaro, spokesman for the FAA's regional office in Chicago said.
He said the FAA had been informed of the crash by military authorities.
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Exrigger
30th May 2007, 17:47
I think this is the one :
VINCENNES, IN (AP) -- An F-15 fighter jet crashed in this southwestern Indiana city on Wednesday, authorities said. The pilot parachuted safely, they said, but it wasn't immediately clear if there were injuries or damage on the ground.
Additional gen:
An F-15 fighter jet on a training mission crashed Wednesday in a farm field just outside this southwestern Indiana city, authorities said. The pilot parachuted to safety, the military said, and no injuries were reported on the ground.
Knox County Sheriff's Officer Shawn Brown said the military jet crashed on Vincennes' south side and officers were securing a 100-yard radius around the crash site.
The pilot apparently was able to walk to a police officer and was taken to Vincennes Hospital to be checked, said Capt. Jim Jensen with the Indiana Air National Guard in Terre Haute.
"It sounds like he's fine," Jensen said.
The jet was from the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Fighter Wing, headquartered at Lambert field in St. Louis, Capt. Tamara Spicer said in a statement. It was conducting standard training maneuvers as part of a four-aircraft formation when it down around 10 a.m. No other aircraft was involved, Spicer said.
Dark gray smoke was still visible two hours after the crash in a field between two farm houses and near large power lines.
There were no reports of injuries on the ground, though, said Capt. Jamie Melchert, a spokesman for the Missouri National Guard.