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Agence France-Presse

A Swedish fighter jet crashed after colliding with a flock of birds on Tuesday, authorities said, adding the pilot ejected safely.
“It was a bird collision and the pilot had to eject,” said Johan Lundgren, spokesman at the Swedish Armed Forces.

The pilot was on a training mission in a Jas Gripen aircraft manufactured by Swedish aerospace company Saab.
The accident happened 8km (five miles) north of a military airbase near the southern Swedish city of Ronneby.
The pilot was taken to a hospital for a check-up.

Authorities said the accident happened in a forest area and no casualties were reported.
Sweden reports about 400 incidents where planes collide with birds every year, Charlotte Billgren at the Swedish Transport Agency told the TT news agency.

Saab Defence and Security is a major exporter of military material such as the Gripen fighter jet to the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa, Thailand and Brazil.
In 2017, a Gripen fighter jet crashed in Thailand during an air show. The pilot died.
And in 2015, another jet leased by Hungary skidded off the runway at a Czech airbase and was completely damaged.


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Pilot survives after Swedish fighter jet brought down by flock of birds

A JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet. Photo: EPA

epa06962060 A police officer in a protective mask near the place where a Swedish Air Force Jas Gripen fighter jet crashed outside Ronneby, Sweden, 21 August 2018. According to reports, the airplane crashed after a bird strike. The pilot was reportedly unharmed. EPA-EFE/JORGEN RAGNARSSON SWEDEN OUT. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

epa06962061 Swedish military vehicle near the place where a Swedish Air Force Jas Gripen fighter jet crashed outside Ronneby, Sweden, 21 August 2018. According to reports, the airplane crashed after a bird strike. The pilot was reportedly unharmed. EPA-EFE/JORGEN RAGNARSSON SWEDEN OUT. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

epa06962115 (FILE) - Swedish Air Force members next to a JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet during media and distinguished guests day at AFX18 Swedish Armed Force exercise in Amari air base, Estonia 25 May 2018 (reissued 21 August 2018). Reports on 21 August 2018 state a Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet crashed after colliding witrh a bird in southern Sweden. The pilot that was able to eject himself from plane was reportedly unharmed. EPA-EFE/VALDA KALNINA

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Officials say are there about 400 incidents of planes colliding with birds every year


Officials say are there about 400 incidents of planes colliding with birds every year.


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Pilot survives after Swedish fighter jet brought down by flock of birds

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Officials say are there about 400 incidents of planes colliding with birds every year