Pesawat Tempur Jet F-15C Jatuh di Hutan Virginia
Air Force Fighter Jet Crashes in Virginia Mountains
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Washington (B2B) - Sebuah pesawat tempur jet F-15C Amerika Serikat Rabu jatuh di hutan Virginia dan tidak jelas apakah pilot berhasil keluar sebelum pesawat itu jatuh, kata para pejabat.
Pesawat itu bagian dari Garda Nasional Udara Fighter Wing ke-104 dari Westfield, Massachusetts, kata juru bicara Pentagon Letnan Kolonel Tom Crosson, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Jet itu jatuh pada sekitar pukul 09.00 waktu setempat (13.00 GMT) di daerah pedesaan dekat kota Deerfield, di George Washington dan Jefferson National Forest, kata Jenny McNeal dari kantor Sheriff Augusta County.
Kru penyelamat bergegas ke lokasi kecelakaan, di mana awan asap jelas terlihat dari kejauhan, katanya.
Washington - A US F-15C fighter jet crashed on Wednesday (Aug 27) in a Virginia forest and it was unclear if the pilot ejected before the plane went down, officials said.
The aircraft was part of the Air National Guard´s 104th Fighter Wing from Westfield, Massachusetts, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Tom Crosson said.
The single-seat jet went down at around 1300 GMT (9pm Singapore time) in a rural area near the town of Deerfield in George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, about 290 kilometres southwest of Washington DC, officials said.
The aircraft had no munitions on board when it crashed, said Colonel James Keefe, commander of the 104th Fighter Wing.
