A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing over the weekend is heard repeatedly requesting an ambulance in a perplexing 911 call from the South Carolina home where he had parachuted to safety.
The Marines have described the pilot as an experienced aviator with decades of experience in the cockpit.prompted the pilot to eject over Charleston and land in the residential backyard not far from Charleston International Airport.
The official also recalled hearing a “rather loud noise” about 25 minutes prior that “sounded something like a tornado, possibly a plane.” Other questions about the crash remained, notably why the plane wasn't tracked as it continued flying over South Carolina and how it could take more than a dayThe jet was left on autopilot over South Carolina after the pilot was ejected during a “mishap.”
The plane would have kept broadcasting an identifier on an open channel to identify itself as friend or foe — but even on an unclassified communications channel air traffic control may not have been able to pick up the signal depending on how powerful its radar was, the weather at the time, how high the plane was flying and the terrain, the Marines said. They said thunderstorms and low cloud ceilings further hampered the search for the plane.
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