The U.S. F18 fighter plane lost control and crashed into the homes of at least seven people were injured (Figure)

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The U.S. F18 fighter plane lost control and crashed into the homes of at least seven people were injured (Figure)

Date:2012-04-07Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0

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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2008 (Reporter Tak Wing Kin) on the 6th U.S. Navy fighter planes suddenly crashed into a tourist destination of the houses in the state of Virginia, the local residents suffered the “indignity” accidents, killing at least seven people were injured. The U.S. Navy confirmed that about noon Washington time, an FA-18D “Super Hornet” aircraft shortly after takeoff crashed into Virginia Beach, a two-storey residential buildings. Virginia Beach is located in the eastern part of the state of Virginia, the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Department of well-known tourist destination.

Navy said the plane crash, two pilots ejected, they is not clear the ground casualties. The local fire department confirmed the accident, killing at least seven people were injured, two of them pilots, five ground staff, but their injuries were not affected.

from the scene picture can see, it happened that the neighborhood burst into flames and enveloped in the billowing smoke into. According to local media reports, the neighborhood had five two-storey building, after the three were completely destroyed, the other two severely damaged.

introduced according to the Navy, crashed fighter attached to the presence of a fighter pilot training squadron in Virginia Beach, resident of the the accident neighborhood from the squadron only a few kilometers away.

in 2008, the U.S. Navy the same type of “Super Hornet” fighters have lost control and crashed into a residential area in San Diego, California City, when an accident killed four people, two houses were destroyed after the U.S. government paid nearly $ 18 million in compensation to the victims families.

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