Pilot's Social Media Stunt Causes Midair Crash

0:00A government report just dropped the real story on that 2021 mid-air crash between two South Korean fighter jets. Turns out, a major was behind the controls of one, pulling a sharp bank to snag a better shot for some fly videos. No heads up to the other pilots, and boom, collision over. This all went down in December during his last training run with the unit. He started by filming himself with a camera, then spotted buddies in the other jet trying to catch him on their phones. That impulse move, without any coordination, sealed the deal. Pilots risking it off for social media clips. The Air Force owned up to their role too, admitting they slacked on banning that kind of filming. Folks have shaken their heads at how ego and gadgets nearly turned a routine mission deadly. The report calls out higher ups for not laying down stricter rules, and the pilots already faced heat-flight duties yanked and disciplined hard. Air Force issued a full apology this Thursday. They're now digging into ways to lock this down for good, making sure no one's chasing

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