Navy Fighter Jet Crashes Into Virginia Beach Apartment Complex

[steve1840]

Saw this while surfing the CNN website a minute ago.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/06/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia/?hpt=hp_t1

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

Navy Fighter Jet Crashes Into Virginia Beach Apartment Complex (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/Xdl2eLfA_LQ/)

A US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet crashed in a residential area of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Friday afternoon. Both pilots were reported to have ejected, but injuries on the ground were not immediately clear.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycaviation/~4/Xdl2eLfA_LQ
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[MORS-AB-ALTO]

Was just going to post this after seeing pictures from friend who lives outside the main gate. http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/va_beach/military-plane-crashes-in-virginia-beach

Glad the pilots ejected. I can hear the NIMBYs crawling out of the woodwork already.

[moose135]

I can hear the NIMBYs crawling out of the woodwork already.
You drop an airplane on someone's house, and people rightly get concerned...

[Derf]

I think the Cotton ball traveling at Mach .98 had the right away...
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/Oceana-NAS-2011/i-bVwdRvb/0/L/IMG1331-L.jpg
Very Sorry to hear about this news....I hope nobody was injured

Here is one of the guys from VFA-106 during Oceana Airshow
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/Oceana-NAS-2011/i-z6CRtNg/0/L/IMG8209-L.jpg

[MORS-AB-ALTO]

Of particular note in one of the wreckage pictures is the nozzle from the starboard engine at full power yet the port side is not.

[Greg_NY]

I hope the aviators and everyone on the ground is safe.

WAVY TV has live coverage: http://www.wavy.com/generic/news/f-18-crash-vb-coverage

[Zee71]

Here's another link: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/06/11057385-navy-fa-18-jet-crashes-into-building-in-virginia-beach

[Matt Molnar]

UPDATE: 7 injured, 3 refused treatment, 4 transported to hospitals, including the 2 pilots.

No fatalities, though three buildings are too unstable to search, so that could change.

[Gerard]

UPDATE: 7 injured, 3 refused treatment, 4 transported to hospitals, including the 2 pilots.

No fatalities, though three buildings are too unstable to search, so that could change.

6 unaccounted for as of this evening.

[Derf]

oh my..... that is been all over the TV, that is not good with as much coverage it has got in the area there

[PhilDernerJr]

Can't believe no one died in this. Quite a miracle.

[ch2tdriver]

You drop an airplane on someone's house, and people rightly get concerned...

He's actually not too far off about the nimbys. There are a lot of folks around VA Beach that have already been making a lot of noise (pun intended) about Oceana. So much so that it is on the next BRAC list for consideration. Not saying that Oceana will be closing but it is being considered. Cecil field reopening or a relocation to more rural NC are possibilities. Maybe I should really try to get down to a show at Oceana before its too late?