Fighter pilot escapes plane crash by seconds
Saturday 24th July 2010, 11:23AM BST.
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A Canadian fighter pilot ejected from his cockpit seconds before his plane crashes and explodes in a ball of flames.
Witnesses looked on in horror as the Canadian Air Force plane crashed to the ground at the Lethbridge Regional Airport in Canada, before bursting into a ball of flames.
Pilot Capt Brian Bews had been practising low-flying manoeuvres for an air show when the crash happened yesterday.
The CF-18 Hornet was to take part in this weekend’s two-day show in Lethbridge starting today. Capt Nicole Meszaros, a spokeswoman for 4 Wing, said: “The pilot, we are very thankful to say, is OK.”
An investigation into the cause has been launched.
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