News USAF F-16 crashed near Spangdahlen AB, Germany

[Urwumpe]

Little information so far, as far as German news go, the aircraft crashed in a forest next to the village Zemmer. The pilot was able to eject and was brought into a hospital. The crash site is just a few kilometers away from Spangdahlen airbase, north of Trier.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...=Feed:+Reuters/worldNews+(Reuters+World+News)

https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten...rzt-nahe-trier-ab-vermutlich-us-kampfjet.html

 

[steph]

Probably not the same issue, but this is the second F-16 crash in Europe in a month or so. There was another one in Brittany, NW France. A belgian F-16

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ity-line-f16-pluvigner-brittany-a9111656.html

 

[Urwumpe]

Probably not the same issue, but this is the second F-16 crash in Europe in a month or so. There was another one in Brittany, NW France. A belgian F-16

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ity-line-f16-pluvigner-brittany-a9111656.html

There was also a F-16 crash close to the current location in 2002.