USMC Pilot Called 911: I Don’t Know Where My Jet Is

The Associated Press reports:

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 four-minute recording captures the bizarre circumstances for the three unidentified people involved: a North Charleston resident calmly explaining that a pilot just parachuted into his backyard, the pilot who doesn’t know what became of his F-35 jet, and a puzzled dispatcher trying to make sense of it all.

“Ma’am, a military jet crashed. I’m the pilot. We need to get rescue rolling,” the pilot said. “I’m not sure where the airplane is. It would have crash landed somewhere. I ejected.”

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“We got a pilot in the house, and I guess he landed in my backyard,” a South Carolina resident calmly told 911. https://t.co/6Ro1MqxfLX

— WFAA (@wfaa) September 22, 2023

“We had a military jet crash. I’m the pilot … I’m not sure where the airplane is.”

911 calls have been released from the military pilot who ejected from an F-35 fighter jet that temporarily went missing earlier this week. @martharadditz has more. pic.twitter.com/YjxVWvkUZs

— Good Morning America (@GMA) September 22, 2023