Report: Fighter pilots who flew 500-feet above city were 'careless and reckless'

Channel 9 obtained a lengthy preliminary report from the FAA after four fighter jets flew incredibly close over Bank of America stadium and uptown Charlotte in August.

The FAA report shows the A-10C Thunderbolt II jets from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base were only 500 feet above the ground.

It called the operation “careless and reckless.”

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The flight was not authorized by the FAA and it was not in compliance with regulations. The report said the pilots requested the low-level flights over uptown Charlotte, but they hadn’t received a waiver.

The pilots were grounded after the flights until the investigation was finished.

The low-flying fighter jets rattled people from uptown to Huntersville.

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