F/A-18 training flight. Pilots(2) ejected and reported alive. No report civilian casualties as yet.
F-18 Crashes and Explodes Next to Elementary School (Updating Live)
A Navy F-18 fighter just went down between a Virginia Beach grade school and an animal rescue center—and the result is an enormous flaming heap of jet wreckage.
WAVY-TV reports “the Navy told WAVY.com the plane was an F18 Strike fighter squadron 106,” and is clearly still ablaze from on the ground images. No word on whether any pilot was injured (or dead), but there are already reports of injured pedestrians. [WAVY-TV]
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Update 12:56 PM EST: A local NBC affiliate says both F-18 pilots have been taken to the hospital after ejecting. A nearby apartment building (!) is being searched for casualties.
http://gizmodo.com/5899790/f+18-crashes-and-explodes-next-to-elementary-school-updating-live
F/A-18 training flight. Pilots(2) ejected and reported alive. No report civilian casualties as yet.