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US Navy Jet crashes....

Postby Jigsaw » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:27 pm

into apartment block in Virginia. Breaking News on Sky, no further details as yet.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16204121
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Re: US Navy Jet crashes....

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:37 pm

:-o Hope no one was seriously hurt and anyone in the apartment block got out ok, sounds like they did, Just watching it now on Sky, blimey. Miracle no one was killed.
Glad the two of them ejected ok too.
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Re: US Navy Jet crashes....

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:08 pm

Reports are beginning to say that 2 aircrew are believed to have ejected and that it was a "D" model of the F18, thankfully it also appears that no one was hurt on the ground! :-o
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Re: US Navy Jet crashes....

Postby Mayfly » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:09 am

Latest is 3 unaccounted for. Looking at the pics on the news and on line it could have been so much worse, it appears they skimmed the roof line of the houses, reports of large amounts of fuel dumped before impact and one pilot still in the a/c.
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