Crime & Safety
Military Plane Crash In Lake Worth: Pilots Injured, Homes Damaged
Black smoke could be seen from a distance as a plane crash caused two injuries and damage to a group of homes.
LAKE WORTH, TX — A military plane crashed into at least two homes in Lake Worth, Texas, late Sunday morning. Two pilots were ejected from the plane, WFAA and others reported. One was hospitalized in serious condition, with the other one in critical condition.
Lake Worth police confirmed shortly after noon that one plane in the area of the 4000 blocks of Tejas and Dakota was down with "2-6 homes damaged."
One pilot was burned by power lines, while the other landed in a tree, NBC reporter Scott Gordon shared on Twitter.
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Video of the crash scene shared by a military news Twitter account shows black smoke rising into the clear air. The post says the plane was a U.S. Air Force training aircraft.
Photos shared with the Fort Worth area FOX affiliate show one of the pilots' parachute got tangled with power lines in a commercial area.
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Firefighters added that two homes are "heavily damaged." A number of residences in the area are also reportedly without power.
No one on the ground was injured, according to WFAA. The plane crashed in the back yard area of a home.
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