Summary The deadly incident has been described as a "mishap".
NEW MEXICO (Dunya News) – Atleast one person was killed and another injured when F-16 fighter jets in New Mexico state of US mistakenly dropped bombs on their own officials.
According to a statement released by Holloman Air Force Base, the incident happened Tuesday "during a training exercise that involved a ground-control party and two F-16 Fighting Falcons."
The deadly incident has been described as a "mishap".
The statement revealed that the incident happened at about 7:30 p.m. local time on an active weapons range.
The two unidentified victims were apparently part of the ground crew because the statement indicates the F-16 pilots were unharmed.
One of the planes "employed air-to-surface ordnance during a routine training event," which led to the deadly mishap, according to the statement.
