[kellyhound]

SANTIAGO Chile july 20 2009 A stunt airplane with the Chilean air force crashed near Santiago on Monday, but the pilot – the plane’s only occupant – survived, according to preliminary reports.

The aircraft, an Extra 300 L with the air force’s “Falcons” team, crashed about 2:00 p.m. onto empty land to one side of the Panamericana Sur highway, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of downtown Santiago.

The pilot, Lt. Eduardo Varas de la Fuente, was found unconscious and pulled from the cockpit by volunteer firefighters, who were the first to arrive on the scene.

“He’s unconscious, but he was already taken in a helicopter to the (air force) hospital, fire Capt. Marcos Silva told a local radio.

Air force sources said that the plane was on a training flight when the accident occurred, and eyewitnesses said that the engine died while the plane was flying at low altitude but the pilot was able to maneuver it so that it crashed in a vacant area.

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Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

the plane was flying at low altitude but the pilot was able to maneuver it

imo..looks like he was coming in pretty steep and hot for having control of that sucker. lucky dude, and no post crash fire

[Malekith]

There was no control what so ever There didnt seem to be any attempt to pull up.