F18 crash in San Diego.

[Liar]

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

Yikes.

Duck, Californians.

Anyone nearby?

 

[Belegon]

No Literotican's in that neighborhood AFAIK. Fairly close to my old work and where Lucifer and I used to meet for lunch...

 

[Safe_Bet]

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

Yikes.

Duck, Californians.

Anyone nearby?

Holy shit! That is less than 10 miles away from me!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I thought the Tomcats were being obsoleted out.

 

[Safe_Bet]

I thought the Tomcats were being obsoleted out.

It was an F/A-18

 

[trysail]

I thought the Tomcats were being obsoleted out.

It was an F/A-18

a/k/a "Hornet," the latest version being F-18 E/F. The Tomcats are F-14s.


ETA: "I Jet Noise"

 

[Zeb_Carter]

a/k/a "Hornet," the latest version being F-18 E/F. The Tomcats are F-14s.

An Marines don't / never did fly F-14's.

 

[DeeZire]

Here in Tucson, we had an Air Force jet go down over the University of Arizona, killing two students. If I recall correctly, the pilot bailed out at the last second. Happened in the late 70s/early 80s. It wasn't until last year that they finally modified their flight path to avoid downtown Tucson - after years of saying they couldn't. Typical armed forces bullshit.

 

[DesertPirate]

Toll on the ground is now 3

 

[SirLicksAalot]

A Generation 4.5 Plane down the tube--wasted tax dollars.

 

[rgraham666]

That's one of the reasons they rarely fly the B2. One goose in a engine and it's good bye to $2 billion.

But seriously. Although I'm sorry as hell for the people who died, this sort of thing happens so rarely I don't see it as a problem. When was the last time a military jet crashed in a populated area?

 

[Liar]

When was the last time a military jet crashed in a populated area?

Yesterday?

Sorry, to easy to pass up.

But you're right. It's like plane crashesin general. Spectacular when it happens, but so rare it's extremely marginal.

 

[jomar]

CNN is just saying the pilot lost control, but not whether it was pilot error or mechanical failure that caused it. I don't know which I prefer, though I do hate to see a pilot's career go down the tubes.

 

[Safe_Bet]

They actually fly that way because in only a few seconds they are out over the ocean. The last crash I remember the pilot flew it into the water instead of ejecting over land.

 

[DesertPirate]

They actually fly that way because in only a few seconds they are out over the ocean. The last crash I remember the pilot flew it into the water instead of ejecting over land.

Seems this one was comming in on one engine and lost that one on approach.
A mom, grandma and one child dead, one child missing