Friday, April 6, 2012

Virginia beach crash

  • (AP) VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A fighter jet that malfunctioned just after takeoff hurtled into a Virginia Beach apartment complex on Friday in a spectacular crash that sent flames and black smoke billowing from the rubble.
  • (CBS News)
  • VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy F/A-18D fighter crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia soon after takeoff on Friday, sending fireballs into the sky, damaging six buildings and injuring at least seven people.
  • (Reuters India)
  • Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms said it was the kind of news hes long dreaded: A U.S. Navy jet from nearby Naval Air Station Oceana dropped out of the sky Friday and slammed into a neighborhood.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • In the first hours after a US Navy jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, major questions remain about the cause and the eventual cost.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • The following is a statement  released by Adm. John C. Harvey, Jr., commander, U.S.
  • (Orlando Sentinel)
  • An F/A-18D Navy jet on a training mission has crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va. There were not immediate reports of casualties. The two members of the crew ejected safely, although one was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries.
  • (USA Today)
  • says there is significant damage to five Virginia Beach apartment buildings. As of 1:45 ET, fire officials had not assessed potential injuries to residents or determined how many were at home at the time of the crash.
  • (USA Today)
  • Battalion chief Tim Riley of the Virginia Beach Fire Department said five buildings were heavily damaged by fire. We have not had any reported missing people, Riley said.
  • (Reuters)
  • It is unthinkable but not impossible. Thats what WAVY reporter Art Kohn said in introducing a December segment about the Navy training with crews from Virginia Beach and Chesapeake to prepare for a possible off-base jet crash.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WTVR) – Six people are still unaccounted for after a Navy jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, damaging five apartment buildings.
  • (WTVR-TV)

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