F-35 fighter jet crashes in Alaska.

[pianopraze]

NOW - F-35 fighter jet crashes in Alaska.

Here is the video on Twitter

msnbc: Link

Pilot safe after F-35 military jet suffers 'significant damage' in accident at Alaska base
 
A release from the Air Force said an “incident” occurred about 12:49 p.m., causing significant damage to the aircraft.
 
“The pilot is safe and has been transported to Bassett Army Hospital for further evaluation,” the statement said.
 
Eielson Air Force Base is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of Fairbanks.

[The Devil]

Here is the video on Twitter

msnbc: Link

Not much horizontal movement there.

I'm going with, pilot doing something stoopid, like trying to do some vertical BS, stalled it, $$%ed it.

But I'm not an expert.

[Zaphod58]

Not much horizontal movement there.

I'm going with, pilot doing something stoopid, like trying to do some vertical BS, stalled it, $$%ed it.

But I'm not an expert.

There was some kind of problem with the aircraft before he ejected.

[The Devil]

There was some kind of problem with the aircraft before he ejected.

Well, two things are clear, the aircraft wasn't travelling horizontally with great speed, and it was quite low to the ground given the appearance of the pilot, under parachute, shortly after the really expensive aircraft pancaked itself.

[Zaphod58]

Well, two things are clear, the aircraft wasn't travelling horizontally with great speed, and it was quite low to the ground given the appearance of the pilot, under parachute, shortly after the really expensive aircraft pancaked itself.

It was a flight of two arriving back at Eielson. The second aircraft an be seen at the start of the video. That means he was either in the break, and turning at the time, or had just come out of the break when it happened.

[putnam6]

It was a flight of two arriving back at Eielson. The second aircraft an be seen at the start of the video. That means he was either in the break, and turning at the time, or had just come out of the break when it happened.

Wild AH video... looks like the landing gear was deployed, were they on final approach? Is this normal crash procedures and protocols?

[Zaphod58]

Wild AH video... looks like the landing gear was deployed, were they on final approach? Is this normal crash procedures and protocols?

It was a two ship, he had declared an emergency during the flight and they were returning to base. It may have been a flight control issue.

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Here is a longer video, it provides a little more context:

Longer Twitter video