- Dramatic footage shows a blood-covered military pilot greeting police officers after ejecting from an F-18 fighter jet in Washington state.
- The jet slammed into a mountainside during low-level military training exercises in June, igniting a fire.
- Video released by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office captures the pilot speaking with emergency services shortly after the crash.
- The pilot explained he was completing low-level manoeuvres over a lake before the incident, with a witness noting the aircraft hit a tree.
- The cause of the military jet crash remains under official investigation.
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