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nothing yet - just breaking. I'll look for more info!
-- Anonymous, January 10, 2002
AP wire story...Military Plane Crashes Near New Jersey Highway; Pilot Only One Aboard, May Have Ejected
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - An F-16 with the New Jersey Air National Guard crashed Thursday morning during a training mission, officials said. The pilot, based at the 177th Fighter Wing at Pomona, may have ejected from the aircraft, officials said.
"Somebody did have confirmation that they did see the parachute," said Zoe Natasha, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey National Guard.
The unit has been flying cover missions over major U.S. cities since the Sept. 11 attacks. But Col. John Dwyer of the Air National Guard said the plane "was not involved in a combat mission. This was involved in a training mission."
The plane crashed at about 10:45 a.m. near the Garden State Parkway and debris was scattered across the highway, a major north-south route, said John Hagerty, a state police spokesman. Hagerty did not know if anyone on the ground was injured.
-- Anonymous, January 10, 2002
Isn't that a toll road? Maybe he didn't have exact change.
-- Anonymous, January 10, 2002