Harrier Jet Crashes in Yuma, AZ (breaking)

ABC Radio ^ | Jun 15, 2005 | ABC Radio News

[AFPhys]

Just breaking: Harrier, probably Marine Corps, crashed in Yuma, AZ - possibly within the city.

[AFPhys]

Came over airwaves at about 33 after the hour...

[76834]

Just heard on NBC news.
Apparently the pilot ejected and no reported injuries on the ground.

Pray this is true.

[man from mars]

wow

[Glenn]

my cousin, now a retired usmc major, used to quip that if you wanted to own a harrior, buy an acre of land at cherry point.

i do hope none were hurt.

[Echo Talon]

when is the JSF going to be shipped?

[sammycook]

Widow Maker strikes again, hey? Hope they can field the F-35 sooner than later.

[zarf]

Probably Marine? Does it fly for any of the other services?

[AFPhys]

Thanks... I have heard nothing other than what I posted above.

Any further information appreciated...

[SwinneySwitch]

Prayers up!

[Ron in Acreage]

Democrats call for end to the military occupation of Yuma. They are not a threat to us. sarcasm. Hope everyone survived. My nephew is Air Force in Japan 3 years and counting.

[Hodar]

Just my initial thought...

[AFPhys]

How about British ... they still fly them, and are sometimes in this country. I don't know about anybody else.

[Ray'sBeth]

A caller to our radio station (WLS in Chicago--with him listening via the Internet) just said it crashed just outside of the city in a field near a Super Wal-mart.

[Umanbean]

Residential area being evacuated. Live ordinance on board.

[narby]

I flew into Yuma last year in my Lancair. It's a split Marine/civilian airfield.

Kinda neat having F-18's hold short for you.

They had 3 or 4 other Lancairs out there.

Hope the guy's OK. Punching out can hurt all on it's own.

[AFPhys]

Thanks for the reports.

[Centurion2000]

Residential area being evacuated. Live ordinance on board.

That's gonna leave a mark.

[tiredoflaundry]

Residential area being evacuated. Live ordinance on board.

Yikes!

[Tommyjo]

Harriers are operated by Italy, Thailand, India, Spain, UK and US.

[jettester]

The civilian side used to be (maybe still is) owned by McDonnel Douglas where we used to do all of our flight testing. I still ahve some awesome pictures of some of the foreign military jets that would arrive there for war game training.

The was also a time where one of the Harriers malfunctioned and the pilot ejected. The plane was in configuration to lift/hover and rather than crash, it kind of skitted over the ground towards our test facility. It ended up crashing into a fence where it eitehr ran out of fuel, totally broke down or the engines just up and quit.