Hungarian Gripen fighter jet crashes: Pilot ejects safely, probe launched

Hungarian defense forces jet crashes, pilot ejects safely. Representative image: ReutersA Hungarian Air Force Gripen fighter jet crashed near the town of Szolnok on Monday, with the pilot successfully ejecting from the aircraft, prime minister Péter Magyar said.The pilot survived and was taken to hospital, while no other injuries or damage to civilian infrastructure were reported.“For reasons that are not yet known, a Gripen fighter jet of the Hungarian Defence Forces crashed a few minutes ago near Szolnok. The pilot successfully ejected. An investigation is under way, and the defence minister is on his way to the scene,” Magyar wrote on Facebook.Hungarian defence minister Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi later said the pilot had survived and was taken to hospital by ambulance.“The pilot is in an am