F-35 crash: Pilot called 911 after parachuting into backyard
The pilot of a US Marines F-35 jet that went missing called emergency services from a South Carolina home where his parachute landed.
In audio from the call, obtained by the BBC, the pilot told a dispatcher that he was “not sure” where his $100m (£80m) plane was.
A local resident can also be heard calmly explaining that the pilot had landed in his backyard.
Debris from the jet was discovered on Monday, a day after it went missing.
In the four-minute call to the 911 emergency number, the resident of a North Charleston home can be heard telling a confused dispatcher that “we got a pilot in the house”.
“I guess he landed in my backyard,” the resident added. “We’re trying to see if we could get an ambulance to the house, please”.
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