A U.S Air Force F-16C fighter based at Shaw Air Force Base near Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, collided with a private Cessna C-...
A U.S Air Force F-16C fighter based at Shaw Air Force Base near Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, collided with a private Cessna C-150 single engined turboprop aircraft at 11:30 a.m.today.
The pilot on board the F-16 successfully ejected and was later transported to a hospital.
The planes collided midair and exploded, and wreckage landed in a remote woodlot on a plantation property.
Local police dive teams accessed the Cessna crash site in a nearby river.
NTSB has released detailed preliminary investigation report of the incident; read it here
