Coast Guard Rescues Pilot At Sea Following Mid-Air Collision
Source: US News
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued an Air National Guard pilot who ejected from his plane after it collided with another plane during a training mission Thursday night.
The Coast Guard received a distress signal around 10:30 p.m. Thursday when the pilot's plane went down off the coast of Virginia, near Chincoteague Island. Officials confirmed that two F-16C Falcon jets were involved in a mid-air collision and that one pilot ejected from his plane, while the other was able to fly back to Joint Base Andrews, Md., according to a statement from the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard dispatched a rescue crew in a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, which reached the ejected pilot around 12:30 a.m. Friday. The cause of the collision is under investigation.
"We are extremely fortunate to have lost only metal, and not the life of one of our Airmen," Brig. Gen. Marc Sasseville of the Air National Guard, said in a released statement, according to The Associated Press. "I wish a speedy recovery to our injured pilot."
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