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South China Morning Post
07-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Finnish fighter jet crashes in Arctic town, pilot ejected
A Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near the Rovaniemi airport in Finland's Arctic north, but the pilot was rescued after ejecting, the armed forces said. Advertisement The crash occurred 'in the Rovaniemi airport area' around 11am, the military said in a statement. 'The aircraft crashed during a rehearsal for an air show,' Timo Herranen, commander of the Finnish Air Force, told AFP. Herranen said 'the pilot luckily was able to eject from the aircraft' and had only sustained 'mild injuries'. Herranen did not wish to comment on a possible reason for the accident 'at this stage' and said an investigation was under way. Rescue personnel and vehicles work at the site where the jet crashed. Photo: via AP According to the military, there were 'no injuries on the ground'.
Al Arabiya
07-05-2025
- Al Arabiya
Fighter jet crashes in Finland, pilot ejects
A fighter jet belonging to the Finnish Air Force crashed in northern Finland on Wednesday, the country's military said, adding that the pilot had ejected from the aircraft and had been located. 'An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet plunged to the ground in the Rovaniemi airport area,' the Air Force said in a statement. Finland has 62 Hornet fighter jets bought between 1992 and 2000. The Nordic country in 2021 decided to replace them with Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters.
