A FIGHTER jet has crashed during the Thunder Over Michigan air show after it reportedly experienced malfunctions.
Horrifying video footage shows the moment that pilots ejected from the burning plane that nosedived outside a Ypsilanti apartment building.
Two people parachuted from the MiG-23 and landed in Belleville Lake during Sunday’s demonstration, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to The U.S. Sun.
Officials confirmed that the pilots were pulled out of the water and will be OK, Fox affiliate WJBK reports.
A Twitter user who is said to have witnessed the crash wrote that the craft appeared to backfire before it went down, but the cause of the crash hasn’t been confirmed.
Another video circulating on social media appears to show the moment the pilots ejected out from the plane after it erupted in smoke and began to nose dive.
No injuries due to the crash have been announced.
Attendees of the event were asked to calmly evacuate the airfield and make their way back to their cars, a Facebook post from the event reads.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the crash.
Thunder Over Michigan is an annual event hosted by the Yankee Air Museum which features two days of impressive demonstrations of aerospace engineering.
This was the event’s 25-year anniversary.
