A military training jet crashed in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/transportation" target="_blank">central Finland</a> and Monday, the Finnish Air Force said, adding the pilots ejected.

The British made single-engine Hawk aircraft crashed south of Keuruu, which sits some 180 miles north of Helsinki.

The air force said <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/transportation" target="_blank">on Twitter</a> that the pilots were undergoing health checks. Police said they and rescue services were at the scene.

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<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/01/735/414/533e90d0-DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/01/1470/828/533e90d0-DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/01/931/524/533e90d0-DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/01/1862/1048/533e90d0-DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/01/640/320/533e90d0-DOTCOM_STATE_COUNTRY_NEWS_EUROPE.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="Europe Fox News graphic" width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>Finnish military pilots were forced to eject after crashing a training jet in central Finland.</span> <span>(Fox News)</span></p></div></div>

It is unclear what caused the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/transportation" target="_blank">plane to crash</a>.

A Finnish military jet crashed in the central part of the country on May 15, 2023. The pilots were forced to eject and are currently undergoing health checks.{ai:summary}<p>Finnish military jet crashes in central Finland, pilots eject. British-made Hawk aircraft crashed south of Keuruu. #military</p>

Finnish military training jet crashes, forcing pilots to eject

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