10 minutes agoU.S. fighter aircraft crashed in Germany
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)An American fighter F-16 crashed Tuesday afternoon near the southwestern German town of Trier, with the pilot leaving the cabin safely, the US air base Spangdahlem said. According to foreign media, Telegrafi conveys, the air base said in a statement that fighter plane F-16 Fighting Falcone crashed around 3:00 in the afternoon. [...]
According to foreign media, Telegrafi conveys, the air base said in a statement that fighter plane F-16 Fighting Falcone crashed around 3:00 in the afternoon.
Such an accident occurred during a routine exercise near Zemmer, about 20km north of Trier in the Trier-Saarburg district, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The statement said the pilot had “jumped” safely and with minor injuries.
The cause of the accident is still unclear, according to the statement.
