Plane Crash In Virginia: F-15 Military Plane Crashes In Virginia National Forest, Witness Says Pilot Ejected, Used Chute [PHOTOS]

Plane crash in Virginia occurred Wednesday morning as an F-15C fighter plane fell near Deerfield, Va. According to Reuters, the single-seat military jet flew out from the 104th Fighter Wing out of Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Mass. The News Leader reports that a witness told authorities of seeing an ejection from the jet and a chute after the plane crash in Virginia.

The crash reportedly took place in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in western Virginia.

Spokeswoman Corinne Geller said the Virginia State Police were notified of a plane crash in Virginia's Augusta County just after 9 a.m. EDT. Geller said state and local police quickly tried reaching the crash site.

The Business Insider reports that the number of injuries from the plane crash in Virginia is so far unclear, though dispatchers reported there being one person aboard the fallen plane.

According to the News Leader, with the jet being an F-15, there was a strong chance that the pilot ejected himself from the plane before the plane crash in Virginia.

USA Today reported that the status of the pilot was not immediately known.

According to Fox 8 WGHP, the pilot lost radio contact but was able to report of an in-flight emergency beforehand.

The plane was en route to New Orleans, according to NBC News. It was reportedly on its way to get a system upgrade.

The first call of the plane crash in Virginia came in around 9:06 a.m. Around the same time, an airport in D.C. also lost contact with a military plane.

Witnesses described hearing a loud boom followed later by a pillar of black smoke in the George Washington National Forest near the side of a mountain near Elliot Knob in Augusta County at the time of the crash.

According to the Business Insider, the fumes from the smoke and debris at the crash site could be toxic because since F-15 planes are made with radioactive material.

Meanwhile, all routes toward the Deerfield area have been closed.

"I'm on location, with smoke, and we do have debris," a responder said on emergency radio frequencies at 10:04 a.m. I got debris everywhere... I haven't located anybody."

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