Residents of a neighborhood near Fort Worth, Texas, were scared on Sunday.
Two US military pilots were rescued and hospitalized after their trainer plane crashed in the backyard of a residence, authorities said.
Three homes were damaged on the outskirts of Lake Worth, where pilots ejected before their little US Navy jet crashed a block from a college.
“No residents were injured,” said Lake Worth Fire Chief Ryan Arthur.
“This incident could have been much worse, knowing that this plane crashed in a residential area,” he added, adding that the device fortunately avoided any direct impact on a house.
A routine training flight
The US Air Naval Training Command (CNATRA) explained that a Navy T-45C Goshawk jet, a trainer often used on aircraft carriers, crashed about two miles (three kilometers) away. from a Fort Worth military base. “The instructor pilot is in stable condition; the state of the student naval aviator is unknown but he is alive and receiving treatment, ”he said in a tweet.
The pilots were on a routine training flight from Corpus Christi International Airport.
"The cause of the crash is unknown" and is under investigation, according to CNATRA.
Videos posted on social media showed a plume of black smoke rising from the crash site.
One shows a parachute hanging from power lines along a road, while photographs show the wreckage of the plane still smoking.
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