Posted on 09/17/2026 12:57:46 PM PDT by Red Badger
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) β A evacuation order is now in effect near a reported plane crash in Blair Township.
Grand Traverse 911 says residents along County Road 633 from Jefferson Place to Blair Townhall Road should shelter indoors and close their windows and vents.
The order applies only to people in the indicated area. Traffic remains shut down near the crash scene, and drivers should avoid the area.
Emergency officials have not released information about injuries or what caused the crash.
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F-16 crash ATC audio, BUCK 11 flt x2 F-16s were flying along the VFR low level route VR634 when the 11 advised MINNEAPOLIS CENTER that his wingman may have hit a bird and was going to eject just south of Traverse City, Michigan
May have been a Canada Goose. They are migrating South now..............
should shelter indoors and close their windows and vents.
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Don’t want any jets sneaking into your house.
Was it armed?
Yeah especially that Gastanau dude
Don’t know but there’s a lot of thick black smoke for a rural area..........
Was it armed?
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That’s what I was wondering.
Unless the shelter/evactuate order just has to do with an abundance of caution over jet fuel fumes
Pilot is safe according to RB’s X link, if anybody is interested.
Thanks.
Don’t tell the Dims that the pilot is safe. Let them enjoy their brief moment of blaming Trump’s war for a military death.
Evacuation order to shelter in place sounds kind of confusing.
“may have hit a bird”
Birdstrike on a single engine platform.
Doing what I did in the DoD I never understood one engine jets.
Hydrazine. Went to recover an F16 in FL years back, they told us to not let anyone in who does not have protective gear due to the hydrazine.
“should shelter indoors and close their windows and vents”
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This statement does not appear in the link you provided.
Shelter in place? Was it carrying chemical weapons?
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You beat me to it by half an hour. 9 gallon (56 lb) bottle of H-70 in the jet. Nasty stuff.
βTalk to me, Goose.β - maverick.
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