29+ F18 Crash Virginia Beach Background. The navy said the super hornets from virginia beach crashed about 27 miles off cape hatteras about 10:30 a.m. A navy spokesman told the bbc that the plane went down just before 12:08 (16:08 gmt) and two crew members ejected safely.
A navy spokesman told the bbc that the plane went down just before 12:08 (16:08 gmt) and two crew members ejected safely. The crash injured seven people in all, including both crew members, and damaged six buildings. 26 are the first ever recorded of the doomed plane slamming into a virginia beach apartment complex.
The cause has not been confirmed, but both pilots survived and were rescued by the coast guard after ejecting into the ocean.
Coast guard officials in elizabeth city told wcti that the planes involved were from the naval station oceana in virginia beach, virginia. A navy spokesman told the bbc that the plane went down just before 12:08 (16:08 gmt) and two crew members ejected safely. According to quick google, the only other frs for. Unconscious pilot's plane crashes, sinks in gulf of mexico.