Marine parachuted into a backyard and told emergency services he was OK but not sure where his jet was.

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”.

  • NaN@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    YouTube has more of the audio. Comments there pretty harsh on the dispatcher. She is going through an EMD script for medical response (guarantee it’s for a “fall”) and has to ask specific questions even if they don’t apply. It’s a liability thing for her and her agency, and leaving the script can get her written up.

    Might have gone with an aircraft crash response, but that is also going to send a ton of vehicles to… a house with a pilot with an achy back but no airplane.