Not precisely a “Top Gun” second.
A 300-gallon gasoline tank fell from a fighter jet and landed in a Florida neighborhood — narrowly lacking an elementary faculty and finally touchdown in somebody’s yard, officers mentioned Thursday.
The supersonic F-16 Combating Falcon was hovering close to the Eglin Air Power base at 11 a.m. Tuesday, when the large container of gasoline got here crashing down in Niceville, navy officers mentioned.
The tank missed vehicles, individuals and homes and landed in between two houses, roughly 1,900 ft from Edge Elementary faculty, in response to the Air Power and metropolis officers.
“Only by the grace of God, it landed between two houses,” Niceville Metropolis Supervisor David Deitch advised Mid Bay Information.
Neighbors have been jostled by the increase of the tank smashing into the bottom, which left behind scrap metallic wreckage and the highly effective scent of gasoline, the outlet reported.
No one was injured within the freak accident.
College students weren’t in school when the tank landed however have been set to return the next day, Okaloosa County Faculty District advised Army.com.
The incident, which came about roughly 13 miles from the Air Power base, is below investigation.
