US F-16 jets collide off South Carolina
October 16th, 2009 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
Washington, Oct 16 (DPA) Two F-16 fighter-jets of the US Air Force have collided off the coast of South Carolina, with one pilot still missing, media reports said Friday.
The website of the WYFF4 broadcaster quoted air force spokesman Robert Sexton, from the Shaw Air Force Base, as saying that the two aircraft collided at around 8.30 p.m. Thursday (12.30 a.m. GMT), off Folly Beach near the city of Charleston, during a training exercise.
Sexton said a fighter piloted by Captain Lee Bryant landed safely at Charleston Air Force Base, but the location of the other fighter-jet piloted by Captain Nicholas Giglio is unknown.
It was unclear if the second pilot had managed to eject from his jet. The air force is carrying out a search for Giglio.
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