Hungarian air force Gripen jet crashes, pilot ejects safely, prime minister says
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian military pilot ejected safely when his fighter jet crashed on Monday, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said. The Swedish-made JAS 39 Gripen came down near the city of Szolnok in…
A Hungarian military pilot safely ejected from his fighter jet after it crashed on Monday, according to Prime Minister Péter Magyar. The Swedish-made JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet plummeted near the city of Szolnok in central Hungary, though the cause remains unknown. An investigation into the incident is underway, and Defense Minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi is en route to the scene.
According to Ruszin-Szendi, the pilot is alive and uninjured. Ruszin-Szendi stated that the pilot took every precaution to ensure the crashed aircraft landed on military property. The pilot was reportedly training at a base just outside Szolnok as usual, and no injuries were reported as a result of the crash. Szolnok's mayor, Mihály Győrfi, confirmed this.
Hungary operates a fleet of 18 JAS 39 Gripen fighters, 14 of which were acquired through a lease-purchase program initiated in 2001 and four others ordered in 2024 which joined the fleet this year.
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