Turkish Fighter Jet Crashes In Sivas, Two Injured

A Turkish warplane crashed on Monday in the Kangal district of Sivas after the pilots ejected with parachutes.



The F-4 fighter jet took off from Malatya's Erhaç Air Base on Monday for training and crashed in a field in the Kangal district, five kilometers away from residential buildings.



Those who heard the loud blast made by the crash rushed to the scene of the incident and reported the accident. The pilots, Major Serdar Çeliker and Captain Fatih Tüm, who ejected from the aircraft with parachutes, were injured. Witnesses initially helped the pilots and they were later taken to Kangal State Hospital.



Authorities dispatched a number of ambulances and firefighting teams to the scene of the incident. Gendarmerie forces cordoned off the area as a security measure.



Military officers later inspected the area where the accident took place while the wounded pilots, whose conditions are not critical, were transferred to Sivas Cumhuriyet University Hospital. (Cihan/Today's Zaman)