Fighter pilot dies after crash in Florida
A Pilot has died when two US F-15C fighter planes crashed in mid-air near Florida. The planes were on a training mission when they crashed over the Gulf of Mexico, about 80km from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The pilots were able to eject before th crash but the Air Force later said one of the two pilots had died. The other was said to be in good condition.
The US Air Force recently returned to service nearly all of its F-15 A to D jets, after grounding them following a crash of an F-15C in Missouri in November 2007. The pilot in that case ejected safely but got some minor injuries.
Around 450 aircraft, about 60 per cent of the Air Force’s F-15 fleet, were grounded for inspections following that crash, but only nine F-15 A to D jets remained grounded, air force spokeswoman Shirley Pigott said.
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