Daily Mail: The dramatic moment two fighter pilots battle to unstrap themselves from their burning jet and then run for their lives after it catches fire on take-off in Japan
* The airman and his co-pilot had to leap out of the cockpit when plane caught fire
* They were about to go on a training flight from Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki, Japan
* A clip shows them sprinting across the runway away from the burning wreckage
A fighter pilot had to run for his life when his jet burst into flames just before takeoff.
The airman and his co-pilot had to leap out of the cockpit when the plane caught fire on the runway at a Japanese air force base.
They were just about to go on a training flight from Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan.
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WNU Editor: This could have ended very badly for the pilots.
More News On This Week's Fighter Jet Fire In Runway Accident
Japanese fighter jet catches fire before takeoff from base in Ibaraki Prefecture -- Japan Times
ASDF fighter catches fire at Ibaraki base -- Japan News/JiJi Press
Japanese F-4EJ Kai Phantom II Heavily Damaged in Runway Accident, Crew Escapes Fire -- The Aviationist
Two fighter pilots jump out of burning supersonic jet - and one goes back to save pal -- Mirror
2 comments:
Still flying F-4's...
Anon,
I was saying the same thing to myself.
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