Breaking news.. F-18 jet crashes in San diego

[blooo]

it's on cnn now.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/08/military.jet.crash/index.html

 

[master-ceo]

A Plane crashes in cali at least twice a year

 

[Deuterion]

it's on cnn now.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/08/military.jet.crash/index.html

I can't believe they are still letting John McCain fly.

 

[Black Limey]

Can you imagine being at home? hearing the jet????

then booom

 

[BenQ]

 

[gameboy]

Can you imagine being at home? hearing the jet????

then booom

shit,,, can you imagine being on the damn plane?,,, then boom,,, i can deal with hearing the shit at home

 

[TEN]

I can't believe they are still letting John McCain fly.

this pilot ejected out the plane in time, and hopefully has no intention
on making some dumb flat ass hoe from Alaska his VP and running for
president in a flawed campaign with a backward, fake plumber as it's winning
asset.

 

[Coldchi]

why didn't this muthafucka crash it in the ocean? how stupid can u be to eject from a fighter plane over a residential area?

 

[Deuterion]

why didn't this muthafucka crash it in the ocean? how stupid can u be to eject from a fighter plane over a residential area?

If he was able to control the plane he wouldn't have crashed.

 

[Gods_Debris]

why didn't this muthafucka crash it in the ocean? how stupid can u be to eject from a fighter plane over a residential area?

crashing that shit in a neighborhood was hella wreckless

 

[jagu]

crashing that shit in a neighborhood was hella wreckless

Again, if he could control it he would not have crashed it there.

 

[Heist]

crashing that shit in a neighborhood was hella wreckless

When a plane has a critical malfunction, it becomes a "dead stick" that is there is NO control over the flight surfaces and little to no hope of regaining control.

You aim it as best you can, pray that no one is home, and pray for the people.

My cousin had to bail out of his F-16 about a decade ago after a bird strike took out the engine and he was over a industrial area. It was the worst feeling he ever had having to bail out and watching 1,000 lbs of jet fuel and 300 rounds of 30mm cannon ammo headed straight for some factories in the late afternoon.

Luckily it crashed into an overflow parking lot. No casualties, and outside of about 30 crispified cars, not too much collateral damage.

 

[cli-terminator]

Update:

A military jet crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego, California, on Monday as it tried to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, killing two people in a home, authorities said.

Both victims were in one of two houses destroyed by the crash and ensuing fire, and two others believed to be in that house were missing, officials said.

The pilot of the F/A-18 Hornet ejected safely and was taken to a hospital, the Marine Corps said in a news release. The pilot, whose name was not released, was the only occupant of the two-seat aircraft, the Marine Corps said.

At a news conference in the University City community where the crash occurred, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said it was believed that four people -- "possibly a grandmother, a mother and two children" -- were in the destroyed house where firefighters found two bodies. Photo See photos of fiery crash site »

The other two people believed to be in that house were missing, and firefighters were searching through the rubble, Sanders said. Video Watch aerial footage of crash site »

The other house hit by the plane apparently was unoccupied at the time, he said. See map showing crash site, airfield »

The jet crashed into an area of about 20 homes, Sanders said, but only those two houses burned.

The Marine Corps said the jet was returning to the Miramar field after performing landing training on a Navy aircraft carrier, and the pilot reported having trouble. The exact nature of the trouble was not known, the Marine Corps said, and an investigation was launched into the crash with the military having jurisdiction over the crash site. iReport.com: Smoke rises from fiery crash

Aerial video broadcast by CNN affiliate KGTV shortly after the crash showed thick gray smoke billowing from a residential area near Interstate 805. Smoke continued to rise in clouds from the site nearly an hour after the crash.

Firefighters aimed jets of water from high-pressure hoses at the smoldering rubble.

Authorities cordoned off the area. Residents told reporters they had been informed by police that chemicals were in the air and they should stay away.

One resident interviewed by CNN affiliate KFMB said he saw a fighter jet at a very low altitude, and "it just spiraled, right out of 'Top Gun.' "

The movie "Top Gun" was based on the Navy fighter pilot training program at the Miramar facility.

The resident said he saw a flier from the aircraft on the ground after parachuting from the plane. He said the pilot was dazed but able to move on his own.

Bank worker Scott Bloom told KGTV he was on his way to visit clients when he saw someone eject from the plane. He said the plane was silent in the moments before it went down.

"I thought I was dreaming," Bloom told KGTV. "It was so surreal."
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The principal of a high school about three blocks from the crash site said students had just finished lunch when staffers heard "two large pops or two large booms." The school and its students were not directly affected by the crash, but the school was put into lock-down mode for students' safety, Principal Mike Price said.

The pilot was in communication with military air traffic controllers before the jet crashed, and the crash site is about two miles (three kilometers) from the airfield, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

 

[SNYC]

for some reason i feel like playing san andreas

 

[kewlphucker]

When a plane has a critical malfunction, it becomes a "dead stick" that is there is NO control over the flight surfaces and little to no hope of regaining control.

You aim it as best you can, pray that no one is home, and pray for the people.

My cousin had to bail out of his F-16 about a decade ago after a bird strike took out the engine and he was over a industrial area. It was the worst feeling he ever had having to bail out and watching 1,000 lbs of jet fuel and 300 rounds of 30mm cannon ammo headed straight for some factories in the late afternoon.

Luckily it crashed into an overflow parking lot. No casualties, and outside of about 30 crispified cars, not too much collateral damage.

I'm not being an asshole was he on a training mission or are they always loaded?

 

[joneblaze]

He should of made a Maverick Top Gun move

 

[POSTERBOY]

too many problems with that f18, i'd buy an f16 if i could... that'd be sick! fuck a g4, I'm moving in that f16

 

[heiesuke]

Dam RIP. That's gotta be one of my worst fears living 12 miles from 2 major international Airports in NY.

 

[Mello Mello]

Wow

 

[Riggz]

Sad... RIP. Usually the pilots try their hardest to steer it away from houses before they eject. So he really must have had no control.

 

[Heist]

I'm not being an asshole was he on a training mission or are they always loaded?

Yes and no.

If they're on standby, like the ones that sit outside Bolling and Andrews here in D.C. - they're loaded and ready to rock.

Training can be loaded or unloaded. Sometimes they use lasers to simulate weaponry, but this was Live Fire training mission and then he was to do a quick splash for fuel and then turn and burn to another A/F Base for an avionics upgrade.

Since he had already dropped the bombs and launched missles, they didn't bother unloading the 20mm cannon (not uncommon at all).

About 4 miles away from the airfield, he said he saw a flock of birds coming his way - he moved and by coincidence a few strays playing catch up were in his new vector path.

He nosed up hoping they would just go under him, but one got sucked right into his inlet - and BOOOM! Engine dead. (One of the only flaws of the F-16 is that is has one engine - most military aircraft post WW2 have at least 2 engines, so if 1 goes, you have a back-up you can fly on.)

He felt the engine buck and then shudder and then start pulsing hard instead of just being a steady fire. He nosed down to get more airspeed to try get some more glide but he was already too low getting ready for his approach ...

He told me all he could do was call a may-day, give his coordinates and where he think the plane was going to go down, point it in the least populated area and punch out.

 

[slam]

this shit is a reality for me...

i live like 5 miles from oceana naval base...


i hear them loud muthafucka`s flyin over all damn day.......


i know the husband must be fucked up over this....
whats the fuckin odd`s......


n to that dude talkin bout crashin in a neighborhood...


if u read the article he wuz tryin to get to the base n wuz like 2 miles out
before the other engine quit.....


what they need to do is move these damn air bases out of these residential hoods.....

 

[thundercat]

That's sad man, especially when there are babies involved.

 

[Gods_Debris]

Again, if he could control it he would not have crashed it there.

i feel you but he shoulda rode that shit on out and sacraficed himself for his countrymen - right? i mean that's the standby line regarding military personnel. i'm not even kidding right now.

 

[Heist]

n to that dude talkin bout crashin in a neighborhood...


if u read the article he wuz tryin to get to the base n wuz like 2 miles out
before the other engine quit.....


what they need to do is move these damn air bases out of these residential hoods.....

You've got it twisted, Slam ...

What they need to do IS STOP BUILDING RESIDENTIAL neighborhoods around / near Air Force bases.


There was a time where, outside of officer and staff housing, there was nothing within a 2-3 mile radius of a major A/F base. Especially one as important as Miramar.

 

[Heist]

i feel you but he shoulda rode that shit on out and sacraficed himself for his countrymen - right? i mean that's the standby line regarding military personnel. i'm not even kidding right now.

With grunts and the enlisted - yes.

Not with pilots my man. They sit at the top of the food chain.
Pilots are the most highly invested and trained personnel in the military.

Hundreds of thousands go into their training and it takes 2 years to get one properly trained, out of flight school, and then trained/rated/certified for an aircraft.

Compare that to your average grunt where you're in the field after about 12 weeks.

So pilots are taught to preserve themselves at all cost.