Pilot ejects from burning F-16 at KEFD

[Carbon Bootprint]

Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for an area near Ellington Airport after a pilot was forced to eject from a burning F-16 jet.

A spokesman for the Texas Air National Guard 147th Reconnaissance Wing, which is based at the airport, said the jet had ammunition on board at the time of the crash. People were evacuated from buildings within a 4,000-foot radius of the airport, according to officials at the Houston Office of Emergency Management.

News story with video (http://www.click2houston.com/news/pilot-forced-to-eject-from-f-16-at-ellington-airport-officials-say)

[tartare]

Quite a story.
From eyewitness account - sounds like a rejected take off due to fire - ejection and you can still see the beacon rotating in the video - engine ran on after the jet had come to a stop! :eek:

[B2N2]

And the engine ran for another couple of hours....:)