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Two pilots are alive and in hospital after a Royal Navy Hawk T1 jet crashed in Cornwall.
The Defense Ministry said the two men had been thrown from the military plane before it crashed into a field.
His injuries were not life-threatening, according to a Cornwall Air Ambulance spokeswoman, who responded to reports of the crash in Helston at 9:48 a.m. M.
The aircraft was from Naval Air Squadron 736 at RNAS Culdrose on the Lizard Peninsula and the MOD said the cause of the accident would be investigated.
Layla Astley lives nearby and said: “I saw the plane flying low over our house, I heard a metallic noise, it flew over our fields and then there was a loud crack and we saw two pilots ejecting.
“I watched his parachutes open.
“Then I saw the plane lean to the left and over the top of a hill before I heard a very loud crash.
“There was no smoke or fire and I heard from the locals that fortunately no one was seriously injured.”
Cornwall Air Ambulance said paramedics treated two patients who had been ejected from the plane.
Cornwall Air Ambulance said it had responded to reports of a “plane engine failure” and that the two men on board had been airlifted to Derriford Hospital with “minor injuries.”
Hawks are two-seat rapid-reaction aircraft that are generally used for training purposes and the 736 Squadron’s primary role is to simulate ship attacks for Navy or NATO ships before they are deployed.
Its aircraft are also used to replicate helicopter attacks in order to train crews in combat aircraft evasion.
Devon and Cornwall Police said officers remain at the scene conducting investigations.
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