Monday, December 08, 2008

f-18 crashes into residential neighborhood in san diego

f-18 crashes into residential neighborhood in san diegofrom ap: An F-18 has crashed in a residential neighborhood in San Diego, sparking at least one house fire. Footage from the scene showed columns of white smoke rising from a housing development. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the plane crashed shortly before noon Monday as it prepared to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The crash occurred two miles from the base. Gregor said the pilot ejected.

updates...
marine jet crashes into san diego houses*
3 killed in f/a-18 fighter crash in san diego*
rescuers recover 4th victim from california crash site*
senators push probe of f-18 fleet*
marines defend pre-crash decisions*

and finally, the unbelievable video:
f-18 crash victim grieves but 'no hard feelings'
labels: , , ,

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i was amazed at what a non-condemning attitude the father of the family that was killed had after this crash

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:16:00 PM

Post a Comment

fair use notice: this site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. we are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, & social justice issues, etc. we believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. In accordance with title 17 usc section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.