A pilot safely ejected from a plane Thursday after a failed landing that was caught on video at a North Texas military base, officials said.
About a dozen local officers responded to the base, where first responders and base personnel were already on site following the incident, said Chris Cook, police chief for the nearby city of White Settlement. Officers helped keep away a growing crowd of people who had stopped on a roadway or walked over after the plane went down.
“You never want to get that call that there is an aircraft down," Cook said. "We have a very fond spot in our community for the military. White Settlement is a military community.” A spokesman for the Navy referred all questions to Lockheed Martin, the aerospace and defense company that manufactures the plane involved.
Officials from Lockheed Martin said in a statement that they were aware of the crash and were under the impression the pilot was safe. “Safety is our priority, and we will follow appropriate investigation protocol,” the company said in the statement.
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