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Updated: 11:15 PM EDT May 24, 2021
LAS VEGAS A pilot has died after an aircraft operated by a military contractor out of Nellis Air Force Base crashed in a nearby residential area, authorities in Las Vegas said Monday.
A statement attributed to base spokesman Lt. Col. Bryon McGarry confirmed the crash occurred about 2:30 p.m. Florida-based company Draken US owned the aircraft, and said in a statement that the pilot, whose name has not been released, had died and no one else was on board.
It s unclear whether there were injuries to people on the ground.
The plane crashed in a yard where a neighbor, Alex Reyes, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he heard a loud thump and then saw black smoke billowing from the home.
The plane from Nellis AFB near Las Vegas crashed in a yard where a neighbor said he heard a loud thump and then saw black smoke billowing from the home.
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The scene of the Las Vegas plane crash on Monday, May 24. (KVVU)
There was one occupant inside the military jet, who passed away after the crash occurred in a neighborhood on Monday. The wingman has not been publicly identified by authorities.
According to KVVU, the crash was reported at 2245 North Christy Lane.
Nellis officials told KVVU that the aircraft, a Dassault Aviation Mirage F-1, took off from the base around 2:30 p.m. The jet was owned and piloted by Draken, which operates out of the Lakeland Linder Airport.