<p>Two pilots ejected from a MiG-23 jet during an air show in Michigan on Sunday, shortly before an explosion occurred in mid-air that sent the aircraft crashing into several unoccupied parked vehicles in a nearby apartment complex.</p>
<p>Wayne County Airport Authority told local media the pilots crashed a MiG-23 demonstration plane into the parking lot at the Waverly on the Lake Apartments in the city of Belleville around 4:00 p.m. while performing at the Yankee Air Museum&#8217;s Thunder Over Michigan air show.</p>
<p>&#8220;The pilot and backseater successfully ejected from the aircraft before the crash,&#8221; Wayne County Airport Authority <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/jet-crashes-during-thunder-over-michigan-air-show-at-willow-run-airport" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox 2 Detroit. &#8220;While it did not appear they sustained any significant injuries, first responders transported the pair to a nearby hospital as a precaution.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Authorities reported the aircraft struck unoccupied vehicles in the apartment complex&#8217;s parking lot, and no one at the apartment complex nor the air show sustained any significant injuries.</p>
<p>Emergency crews rescued the pilots from Belleville Lake and transported them to a nearby hospital, according to <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/13/plane-crashes-during-airshow-finale-at-willow-run/70563452007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Detroit News.</a></p>
<p>Kevin McNamara, Van Buren Township supervisor, <a href="https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/mig-23-jet-crashes-at-air-show-outside-of-detroit/512-f405d122-ed42-4730-b1b0-841b42bba8c1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> WTOL11 one pilot ejected into the lake while the other landed in a tree, hurting the two &#8220;pretty bad,&#8221; but both &#8220;will be okay.&#8221;</p>
<p>McNamara said the jet slid about 100 yards near an apartment building after it initially crashed on an abandoned golf course.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a subdivision community,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It landed next to a lake. There are not very many empty properties next to lakes. This happens to be one of the rare properties there are. It&#8217;s a miracle.&#8221;</p>
<p>Although the cause remains unknown, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have reportedly stated both agencies would investigate and provide updates when available.</p>
<p>Thunder Over Michigan started roughly an hour before the incident occurred. Around 4:30 p.m., officials directed attendants to leave the airfield in a post on the event&#8217;s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThunderOverMichigan/posts/pfbid0kRhPDUNoTKvTz8kDgZacvKXFWuS393yzZ9svSFGFdNjiXU7Q8drLX5RD8ZZdvzHYl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook page</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a situation that requires us to stop the show,&#8221; the post reads. &#8220;Please make your way into your vehicles and calmly make your way out of the airfield.&#8221;</p>
<p>Before it began, president and CEO of the Yankee Air Museum, Kevin Walsh, reportedly said the event showcases 55 modern and vintage military planes from around the world.</p>
<p>Walsh, who has been coordinating the event for the last 25 years, said he hopes the show inspires people.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everyone that flies one of these planes went to an airshow as a kid, and it&#8217;s sensational,&#8221; he said. &#8220;How they feel, how they fly, how they smell and how they sound, it&#8217;s all about the experience.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mark McCulloch, 49, from Saline, told local media he witnessed the jet malfunctioning after another airshow attendant pointed toward the plane and said, &#8220;Oh my God.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I had my Nikon D-800 with a 600 mm lens — that&#8217;s what I saw,&#8221; McCulloch said. &#8220;I hope no one got hurt at the crash site. There was no loud noises or indication that I witnessed. Two engines blew out, you could see that, but I couldn&#8217;t hear it because the guy on the PA was talking next to us.&#8221;</p>

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