Bloodied, ejected Marine Corps pilot seen calm and collected after Washington crash destroys aircraft
Bodycam footage shows a Marine F-18 pilot bloodied from facial lacerations after a June crash in Washington state."I'm a little frazzled," Marine Corps Maj. Jackson Simon admitted to a Yakima County Sheriff's deputy wearing a bodycam after the June 13, 2026 crash.
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Bodycam footage shows a Marine F-18 pilot bloodied from facial lacerations after a June crash in Washington state."I'm a little frazzled," Marine Corps Maj. Jackson Simon admitted to a Yakima County Sheriff's deputy wearing a bodycam after the June 13, 2026 crash. Despite that, Simon appeared unfazed by the wreck.The newly released footage captured the moments after the Marine Corps pilot ejected from his F-18 Hornet before the fighter jet slammed into a mountainside near Rimrock Lake. The crash sent flames and a thick column of black smoke rising above the surrounding trees.Despite blood covering parts of his face, Simon could be seen casually walking toward the deputy with a phone in his hand and appearing strikingly composed after coming down through the trees.DEADLY B-52 CRASH PUTS FOCUS ON ENGINES, CONTROLLABILITY AS INVESTIGATORS HUNT FOR ANSWERSAsked by a responder what kind of aircraft had crashed, the pilot began to answer, "That's an F-18," before quickly correcting himself."Well, that was–," he began, before the responder said, "An F-18?" and the pilot confirmed.The pilot told deputies he had been conducting low-level training over the lake when something went wrong."We were doing some circles over the lake," he told the officer.
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