"Four crew members are safe after two navy jets collided and crashed to the ground on Sunday at an air show at Mountain Home air force base in western Idaho, officials said. The collision involved two US navy EA-18G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said Cmdr Amelia Umayam, a spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, US Pacific Fleet. The aircraft were performing an aerial demonstration when the crash happened, Umayam said in a statement."
"She said the four crew members from both jets safely ejected and were being evaluated by medical personnel. The crash was under investigation, she said. Nobody at the military base was hurt, said Kim Sykes, the marketing director with Silver Wings of Idaho, which helped to plan the air show. Everyone is safe and I think that's the most important thing, Sykes said."
"The Mountain Home air force base said in a social media post that it was locked down following the incident during the gunfighter skies air show. Responders were on the scene and an investigation was under way. Multiple witnesses reported two planes crashed and videos posted online showed four parachutes opening in the sky as the planes plummeted to the ground near the base about 50 miles (80km) south of Boise."
"A video he captured shows the two aircraft appear to make contact and then spin in tandem as the crew members eject and their parachutes open. The planes then fall together, exploding into a fireball upon impact as the crew members drop to the ground nearby. I was just filming thinking they were going to split apart and that happened and I filmed the rest, Ogden said in a text message."
Two US Navy EA-18G Growlers from Electronic Attack Squadron 129 collided during an aerial demonstration at an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho. The four crew members from both jets safely ejected and were evaluated by medical personnel. The incident was under investigation. The base reported a lockdown after the crash, with responders on scene. No one at the military base was hurt. Witnesses reported seeing two planes crash, and online videos showed four parachutes opening as the aircraft fell near the base about 50 miles south of Boise. The aircraft appeared to make contact, spin together, and then impact and explode into a fireball.
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