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by jcul 237 days ago
> The only victim of the accident was Wim Delaere, a computer science student reported to have been either 18 or 19 years old.[4][5][1] He was sleeping alone after celebrating the end of his university exams the previous day when the MiG crashed and killed him at 10:30 am. His mother and brother were shopping for groceries in Kortrijk, and his father was working in Ypres.[4]

From the linked Wikipedia article on one of the answers.

What an unlucky kid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgium_MiG-23_crash

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His death later inspired the movie Donnie Darko, about a kid in 1988 who is killed by a jet engine in similar circumstances.
I can't find anything that would suggest this is true, but I would love if you were able to link me something proving me wrong, as I loved that movie growing up and like reading about it still.
You have no idea how old you saying "I loved that movie growing up" makes me feel :-)
/pedantic

That's not at all what Donnie Darko is about, but a jet engine from an unaccounted-for airplane does land in his house.