Belgian fighter jet crashes in France, pilot hits power line

PARIS — A Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday on a road in western France and one of its pilots is hanging from a high-voltage electricity line after his parachute got caught, according to French authorities.

No injuries have been reported, but surrounding homes have been evacuated as emergency workers try to extract the suspended pilot safely. The plane was traveling from Belgium to a naval air base in France when it came down between the towns of Pluvigner and Landaul, in Britanny, according to a statement from the regional prefecture, or administration.

Two pilots were aboard, and both ejected before the crash. One was safely rescued but the other got stuck on the power line.Local newspaper Le Telegramme showed images of the pilot hanging from the line, black smoke and flames rising from the area and a house it said was damaged in the crash. A national police spokeswoman said no injuries have been reported among residents in the area. She said about 100 police have surrounded the crash site and are investigating what happened.

Thoughts and prayers to the family of remote pilot.

The flight mechanic, Abdul Mohammed al Salfaria said “all indications point to pilot error, allah awkbar “

Jesus that's awful

Let hydrazine get into that power line .... worse news CorkerIncident

Man that is shocking!

DiploWriter Hopefully the pilot is ok

DO NOT touch the GROUND..... NOT

woodpecker785 Thank God there are no serious injuries, it could have been so much worse.

I hope everyone will be ok

greatworkstories

Holy shit. What a nightmare.😥

Belgian F-16 crashing in France 'populated area' ....hmmm!

CPierceUK That’s awful!

klingensmith_j Whoa!!

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woodpecker785 Thought I was having a bad day 😔

Iran sponsored it. They don’t know how yet, but they’ll soon provide proof that Iran had a hand in this crash.

RaisinaSeries Terrible news

93wibc In other news France has officially surrendered to Belgium.

They might be sh*t in military service, but they make decent chocolates them Belgians. 😂

Being electrocuted from urban electric line after parachuting out of a malfunctioning F-16 is the epitome of a bad workday.

Shocking

Shocking

Jeez!

How does that even happen?

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