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Polish Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet crashes in Poland, pilot ejected and alive but wounded

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Polish Air Force MiG-29 © Sunburn1979 on Wikimedia

A Polish Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet from 23rd tactical airbase crashed shortly after takeoff on 4 March in a forest of the Mazovian Voivodeship, and the pilot was able to eject, according to a spokesman for the General Command of the Polish Armed Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Marek Pawlak.

The Polish Armed Forces’ press office reported that the pilot has been found and taken to a hospital.

Ten fire brigades and police from neighbouring Wegrow have been sent to the place of the accident.

This post was published on 4 March 2019 23:21

André Orban

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