View Navy F18 Crash Pictures. The pilot managed to eject and was transported to banner churchill regional medical center. Air force officials say dual engine trouble caused an f18 to crash in a virginia beach neighborhood.
A navy spokesman told the bbc that the plane went down just before 12:08 (16:08 gmt) and two there were no immediate reports of serious casualties and the cause of the crash is not yet known. The crash took place on june 18 during what the navy described as routine pilot proficiency training in the philippine sea. Prayers for all involved, looks like crew ejected but it appears to have crashed into an apartment complex.
Navy fighter jet crashed wednesday off the coast of key west, florida, killing its two crew members.
Both crew members, based out of naval air. The two crew members on board ejected and rescued, but the navy said late wednesday that they both had died. Federal authorities still at father crowley lookout after sunset. It looks like we were wrong before—the plane didn't crash near a school, but into (or extremely close to) an apartment complex.