One plane, structures hit. Probably apartments.
two crew.
unknown crew or ground casualties at this time.
F-18 Hornet down in Vir. Beach.
One plane, structures hit. Probably apartments.
two crew.
unknown crew or ground casualties at this time.
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Pilots ejected!
status still unknown.
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crew safe. Parachuted in.
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other casualties are unknown at this time.
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Friday, April 6, 2012
F-18 hornet plane crash in Virginia Beach
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An F-18 jet from Oceana N.A.S. flying maneuvers in Virginia Beach crashed today around noon in the middle of the Mayfair apartment complex at 24th Street and South Birdneck Road. The pilot ejected safely. Black smoke is pouring from the crash sight as firefighters try to put out the fire.
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Oceana NAS, Plane Crash, Virginia Beach
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Navy jet crashes in Virginia
Published April 06, 2012
| FoxNews.com
DEVELOPING: A Navy jet has crashed near a major road in Virginia Beach, an official with the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to Fox News.
The pilot is believed to have ejected safely from the jet, the official said. There is no word on injuries.
Emergency crews from the military, Virginia State Police and Virginia Beach police are all responding to the scene of the crash.
Virginia Department of Transportation traffic cameras showed black smoke rising from the Birdneck Road area of Virginia Beach at 12:30 p.m. local time.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/06...#ixzz1rHU1mPee
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Maybe they'll get grounded too.
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Damn them anyway for aiming at apartment complexes......
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Already a thread going on there Peterle....
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Don't think that's what happened Peterle... not yet.
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Fixed your post 'quotes'
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I don't think that is what happened. I've been in a lot of planes. Been in an F16. The plane DUMPED almost all it's fuel just before it hit the apartment.Originally Posted by Peterle Matteo
Takes a bit of time to open the tanks... they also attempted to climb it sounds like away from a school in their path and were headed for the ocean.
So, I don't think this was a "stunt gone wrong".
But the flight recorder will tell the tale later.
Wonder why we don't just makes the whole plane out of the stuff they make the black boxes out of?
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He certainly was in control until the last second.
Pilots don't go down with their planes if they don't have to, but they WILL if they can stop it from flying into a hospital, school or grocery store.
I was witness to an F-105 going down in Oklahoma many years ago, and the first one on the scene because the plane hit only a few hundred yards from me and friend where we were fishing at a farm pond.
The planes (there were three of them) that had been flying all day doing what are called "Touch and Gos".. touching down, lifting back off at the end of the runway and doing a few circles then starting over. A National Guard plane.
They had a "Flameout" on the engine. The engine, for whatever reason stopped working - actually made a "screaming" sound then went "WOOF" as it went out. They were at about 1200 feet and climbing. The pilot ejected as the plane reached the top of it's curve (1200-1300 feet) and he blew the canopy, hitting the plane on the way out. He was in the chair when it hit the ground only a 100 feet or so from the fireball.
We were already running toward the plane.
We go there and pulled the pilot out of his seat and helped him out of the area - the ground was on fire and there were secondary explosions going on.
The plane was demolished and the fire was bloody HOT.
So engines fail, equipment fails and sometimes people fail.....
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(Oh, here, I found the details of the crash! )
Tail Number: 591729 Date Lost: 1/14/1978 Country: USA Model: F105D
Base/Squadron: 465 TFS, Tinker AFB, OK
Mission: Training Cause: Unknown Failure on Takeoff
Where Lost: Takeoff at Tinker AFB, OK
Pilot: Capt. David W Bartell Pilot Status: Rescued
EWO: EWO Status:
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