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Title: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: mirth on April 06, 2012, 01:23:00 PM
Pilots believed to have ejected. Nothing yet about anyone in the building.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/u-navy-jet-crashes-virginia-2-pilots-believed-174703258.html (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/u-navy-jet-crashes-virginia-2-pilots-believed-174703258.html)

Title: Re: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: mirth on April 06, 2012, 01:26:27 PM
Pic from  the crash site

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fl.yimg.com%2Fbt%2Fapi%2Fres%2F1.2%2FIarkD8uCLCWIRQNqZQiS2w--%2FYXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00NjY7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen_us%2FNews%2Fap_webfeeds%2Fd2e54737c56f11090c0f6a706700ea46.jpg&hash=8787e9a443fab6199e2be98e782226a841c4f15b)

Full slideshow here:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-1333735104-slideshow/ (http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-1333735104-slideshow/)
Title: Re: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: Fetrik on April 06, 2012, 01:41:10 PM
Shit happens. Hopefully no one was injured.
Title: Re: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 06, 2012, 01:44:33 PM
that's right near where my wife's aunt and uncle live. I just checked though, it's not their building. still I'm worried about their place.

I doubt the crash site is more than a mile from their condo
Title: Re: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: mirth on April 06, 2012, 01:46:05 PM
Hope they're okay Brant.
Title: Re: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 06, 2012, 01:55:34 PM
They're in tucson right now. Probably OK :)
Title: Re: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: Barthheart on April 06, 2012, 01:56:22 PM
Yes I hope everyone's OK too. Near misses can freak people out.

We had a small plane go down in a field less than a kilometer from our house, killing 2 on board. This only fueled my wife's belief that one is going to drop on our house any day now... doesn't help that we live only about 5 km from the airport. She's convinced the damn things don't belong in the air to start with...
Title: Re: F-18 Crashes into Virginia Apartment Building
Post by: Con on April 06, 2012, 02:05:16 PM
Id be more worried living only 5 Km form an airport that I would get splattered with blue ice toilet bombs!

Con