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Swiss F-5 fighter jet (archive image)
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A fighter jet crashed in the canton of Obwalden in central Switzerland.
As the Swiss Ministry of Defense announced on Twitter, the crash occurred near the Melchsee-Frutt ski resort at around 9 a.m.
The pilot was able to save himself with an ejector seat and parachute and was uninjured.
According to the military, the jet was on a training flight and served as a sparring partner for other fighter jets of the Swiss Air Force.
The military justice is now investigating the cause of the accident.
The second crash of a Swiss F-5
The aircraft was an F-5 from the US company Northrop.
The Swiss Army owns several dozen of these machines from 1976 and 1983/84.
In June 2016, a Swiss Army aircraft of this type crashed while training before an air show in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.
There, too, the pilot was able to save himself with the ejector seat.
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