Fighter Jet Crashes at Apartment Complex in Michigan

An MiG-23 fighter jet crashed in Belleville, Michigan on Sunday, following a demonstration on the final day of this year’s Thunder Over Michigan Air Show at Willow Run Airport.

The pilot and backseater ejected from the aircraft over Belleville Lake, and the jet crashed at The Waverly on the Lake apartment complex just south of I-94.

The aircraft narrowly avoided one of the apartment buildings, instead striking a complex parking lot with unoccupied vehicles, with no injuries reported from the incident. The pilot and backseater were recovered from the lake and taken to a hospital as a precaution, but did not appear to sustain any injuries, according to a statement by the Wayne County Airport Authority.