Pilots eject before Navy training jet crashes in East Mississippi
By Simeon Gates | Originally published by Mississippi Today
Authorities are investigating the crash on Tuesday afternoon of a training jet from Naval Air Station Meridian in Noxubee County.
Two pilots ejected before the crash and were being evaluated at a local medical center, according to a press release from the Naval Air Training Command in Meridian. The cause was not immediately known.
“Local emergency services and military first responders are currently on the scene to secure the site,” the statement said.
“The public is asked to avoid the area to allow emergency personnel to conduct their operations safely and preserve the site for investigators.”
The crash occurred on the border between Noxubee County and Kemper County, on private land off U.S. 45 near Shuqualak.
The plane was a U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk assigned to Training Air Wing One.
The crash Tuesday was the second this month for military aircraft taking off in Mississippi.
A T-38 Talon II from Columbus Air Force Base crashed in western Alabama on May 12. The two pilots in that crash also ejected safely and the military is investigating.
The Air Force has indefinitely paused use of its entire T-38 Talon fleet out of caution.
This article was originally published by Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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