Air Force: Pilot Safe After F-16 Crashes In Maryland
CLINTON, Md. (AP) - The military says a fighter jet pilot on a training mission ejected safely before the aircraft crashed a few miles from the U.S. capital.
Air Force officials said in a statement Wednesday that the D.C. Air National Guard F-16C was flying with other aircraft when it crashed in a wooded area in Clinton, a Washington suburb that's about 6 miles southwest of Joint Base Andrews.
Officials say the pilot, the only person on board, sustained injuries that aren't thought to be life-threatening.
Prince George's County fire department spokesman Mark Brady tells WRC-TV that a pilot parachuted out of the aircraft and was picked up by a military helicopter. B
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— Mark Brady (@PGFDPIO) April 5, 2017
Brady says homes in the area are being evacuated. He says there are no other reports of injuries. He didn't know whether anything on the ground was hit.
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