BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – A Hungarian military pilot ejected safely when his fighter jet crashed on Monday, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said.
The Swedish-made JAS 39 Gripen came down near the city of Szolnok in central Hungary “for reasons that are still unknown,” Magyar wrote in a post on Facebook. An investigation into the incident is underway and Minister of Defense Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi was on his way to the scene, he added.
Ruszin-Szendi said the pilot was “alive and has not sustained any injuries.”
“It appears the pilot did everything he could to ensure the crashed aircraft landed on military property,” Ruszin-Szendi said in a video on…
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