F-18 Crashes In San Diego
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beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
Thats crazy.
Vassili Zaitzev
Master Sergeant
Sh!t, that's not good. Was it mechanical failure?
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
Glad to hear the pilot ejected
amazing
amazing
Freebird
Master Sergeant
There were 2 houses totally destroyed, they don't know if anyone was inside. Also they have the bomb squad out, the second {empty} ejector seat in the F-18 is in the wreckage, and is in danger of blowing
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
They speak about 3 victims in our morning news...
Yep, 3 killed, 1 missing on the ground I heard this morning 
Sounds like a mechanical failure of some kind. Also heard the pilot was trying to make it over the residential area before bailing out, evidently didn't manage
Sounds like a mechanical failure of some kind. Also heard the pilot was trying to make it over the residential area before bailing out, evidently didn't manage
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
evangilder
"Shooter"
Hate to see this happen, and ythe pilot must feel terrible.
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
Does anyone know what section of SDiego the plane went down in ? I have
good friends in the Clairmont section....
Charles
good friends in the Clairmont section....
Charles
wilbur1
Tech Sergeant
Yeah Charles its about 15 miles from claremontits 10 min down the road from me i could see the smoke but only barelly they were keepin quiet yesterday but now it seems its everywhere today
Catch22
Major
Lucky13
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SoD Stitch
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The news said University City, wherever that is.
A retired Marine Lt. Cmdr. went to the scene right after the crash, and managed to talk to the pilot after he came down out of the tree he had landed in. The pilot said he had declared an in-flight emergency shortly after taking off from the USS Abraham Lincoln, and was trying to make it to Miramar before it got worse. Apparently, he didn't make it.
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FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Marine Lt. Cmdr???? maybe Lt. Col?????
SoD Stitch
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Yeah, that makes more sense doesn't it, 'specially if he's a Marine.
What a tragedy! My heart goes out to the families of the dead.
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FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
We were just looking at the crash scene through Google Earth - another 20 seconds and he would of made it to the runway or at least to a dirt area away from the homes.
Messy1
Master Sergeant
Saw this last night on the news. Feel terrible for that pilot and all involved. The pilot must be replaying everything over and over in his mind trying to find something he could have done differently. This will be a big mess for sure.
