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Portland (Oregon), July 22. (AP):A pair of fighter jets collided in Oregon while conducting a training exercise, killing two reservists and injuring another.
At least one of the dead was a pilot; the other was a pilot or a weapons operator, said Capt. Michael Braibish of the Oregon National Guard.
A third crew member survived and was to be released yesterday from the emergency room at Mid-Columbia Medical Centre.
"In some respects, it's very amazing - no broken bones, no abrasions, minor injuries," said Dr. John Jacobson, who treated the unidentified airman.
The jets, both F-18 warplanes, collided over the Columbia River near Arlington, about 195 kilometers east of Portland.
Debris from the jets was scattered as far away as Interstate 84, 13 kilometers south of Arlington.
"We felt it, like a supersonic boom, like someone ran into the building," said Linda Williams, an employee of the Village Inn in Arlington.
The jets were based at the Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego, according to Nancy Corey, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Seattle.
The jets were conducting a low-altitude training exercise from a National Guard base in Portland to a bombing range in Boardman, Oregon. One plane was a single seater, while the other had two seats.
Portland (Oregon), July 22. (AP):A pair of fighter jets collided in Oregon while conducting a training exercise, killing two reservists and injuring another.
At least one of the dead was a pilot; the other was a pilot or a weapons operator, said Capt. Michael Braibish of the Oregon National Guard.
A third crew member survived and was to be released yesterday from the emergency room at Mid-Columbia Medical Centre.
"In some respects, it's very amazing - no broken bones, no abrasions, minor injuries," said Dr. John Jacobson, who treated the unidentified airman.
The jets, both F-18 warplanes, collided over the Columbia River near Arlington, about 195 kilometers east of Portland.
Debris from the jets was scattered as far away as Interstate 84, 13 kilometers south of Arlington.
"We felt it, like a supersonic boom, like someone ran into the building," said Linda Williams, an employee of the Village Inn in Arlington.
The jets were based at the Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego, according to Nancy Corey, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Seattle.
The jets were conducting a low-altitude training exercise from a National Guard base in Portland to a bombing range in Boardman, Oregon. One plane was a single seater, while the other had two seats.
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