Libyan jet crashes after being shot down in Benghazi

What looks to be a pilot ejecting from the aircraft can be seen just above the jet. See more images from the unrest in Libya here.

Patrick Baz / AFP - Getty Images

A Libyan jet crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on March 19, as Libya's rebel stronghold comes under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.

Patrick Baz / AFP - Getty Images

A Libyan jet crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on March 19, as Libya's rebel stronghold comes under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.

Patrick Baz / AFP - Getty Images

A Libyan jet crashes after being shot down in Benghazi on March 19, as Libya's rebel stronghold comes under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.

 

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Pilot didn't make it. No way that chute opened in time. Kinda sad really.

    Reply#1 - Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:42 PM EDT
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