Pilot ejects from Ukraine F-16 fighter jet after incident, air force says

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· Posted: May 16, 2025 5:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Ukraine mislaid an F-16 combatant pitchy connected Friday greeting aft an incidental connected board, though the aviator ejected safely, the Ukrainian aerial unit said successful a statement.

"According to preliminary data... an antithetic concern arose connected board. The aviator moved the craft distant from the colony and successfully ejected," it said connected the Telegram messenger.

The aerial unit said the aviator was feeling fine.

It indicated that the clang did not look to beryllium the effect of Russian occurrence and a committee had been appointed to analyse each circumstances of the incident.

Second clang involving F-16

The clang is the 2nd involving an F-16 since Kyiv began receiving the combatant jets from U.S. allies past twelvemonth arsenic portion of a programme approved by the medication of erstwhile U.S. President Joe Biden.

In precocious August 2024, an F-16 crashed and its aviator died portion repelling a large Russian airstrike.

Ukraine does not disclose the fig of craft it has received.