Navy jet crashes into Virginia neighborhood; homes ablaze

[Horse with no Name]

Last edited Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:43 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: MSNBC

Link added.

Read more: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/06/11057385-navy-fa-18-jet-crashes-into-building-in-virginia-beach?lite

[obxhead]

1. Something must have been seriously wrong for those pilots

to not be able to get that plane out over water for the crash.

[atreides1]

3. It's possible

But that would depend on what direction they were headed.

[gateley]

6. Another thread stated it was thought the pilots had ejected (please, God) --

But seeing this screen shot posted here, I also really fear for the people in the building.

[Horse with no Name]

8. The Pentagon just said to expect casualties but won't confirm anything.

But did say that pilots ejected.

[gateley]

15. CNN is having live coverage. Wow. So sad. nt

[Blue_Tires]

12. they already would have been at a pretty low altitude

in either the landing or takeoff phase, so not much of a margin to do anything

[onehandle]

2. Screen shot. Not good...

[atreides1]

4. Looks like base housing?

N/T

[Blue_Tires]

9. no, those are regular townhouses

[Blue_Tires]

5. holy damn i know where that is...

[atreides1]

11. Where?

N/T

[Blue_Tires]

16. pinpointed here

http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-huge-billows-of-smoke-visible-near-naval-air-station-oceana-20120406,0,4007019.story

by the way the eyewitness is describing it, it sounds like a stall?

[Nay]

20. Apt houses at around 900 Birdneck rd. No bodies found yet, but I can't imagine that there won't

be any casualties.
One whole set of apts has burned to the ground, another is still on fire. One pilot ejected at last moment, and landed in apt complex

[Blue_Tires]

22. This looks really bad...I can only hope a lot of people were at work

[colorado_ufo]

29. One fighter jet.

How much more damage should an airliner cause, say, to a building like the Pentagon?

[Horse with no Name]

7. Pentagon won't confirm anything yet.

[Blue_Tires]

10. photo

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-breaking-jet-crashes-in-virginia-beach-20120406,0,7398746.story

[Gin]

23. This pic

Is an award winner...IMO

[FiveGoodMen]

26. If only we could have seen a photo of similar wreckage outside the Pentagon!

[vrp]

28. Yes,

my first thought. not to take away from this tragedy

[colorado_ufo]

30. My first thought as well.

[MineralMan]

35. Completely irrelevant to this thread.

There's an entire group for 9/11 discussion. This thread is about a nasty crash of a military plane. It has absolutely zero to do with 9/11. A thread hijack of the highest order.

[FiveGoodMen]

37. Tough

[MineralMan]

40. No, irrelevant.

[Dr_Scholl]

13. My sister's friend lives in one of those apartment complexes.

She said the pilot landed in their court yard.

[progressoid]

14. The pilots ejected.

just on msnbc.

[longship]

17. Damn, no cable here

ABC - doing a story on Peeps

CBS - Young and the Feckless

FOX - Lawn Order - Criminal Retent

No NBC here.

[dixiegrrrrl]

34. good Twitter pics on this page: kep scrolling down.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-huge-billows-of-smoke-visible-near-naval-air-station-oceana-20120406,0,4007019.story

[CottonBear]

18. CNN has more information.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/06/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia/?hpt=hp_t1

BTW, don't bother to read any of the comments. R/W trolls have posted anti-black, anti-Obama statements.

[tawadi]

39. "The dumping of jet fuel was "one of the indications that there was a mechanical malfunction"

Glad they dumped the fuel. Otherwise it would be worse.

[wordpix]

42. this witness/resident says Navy jets have been doing stupidly daring manuevers lately

Coming close to rooftops, going ever faster---would not surprise me if this "mechanical malfunction" was pilot error in fact.

[Blue_Tires]

19. aircraft info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet
http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/air/fighter/f18.html

[onehandle]

21. One of the residents may have been accounted for so far. She may have lost her cats.

[KeepItReal]

24. Link to video-only stream of crash site

From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream3&hpt=hp_t1#/video/cvplive/cvpstream3

[SheilaT]

25. I don't have TV, but I do have

the internets.

My stream from CNN has no audio, no idea why, so I'm watching WAVY TV (WAVY.com).

I have often found that when something happens somewhere, finding a local TV station that has gone to live streaming (which most of them don't seem to do all the time, but I certainly haven't checked out all TV stations out there.

Last year when the shooting in Tucson happened, I started watching one of the Tucson station. When the east coast earthquake happened I watched one of the DC area station.

I love the internets.

[appleannie1]

27. Link to local paper

http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2012/04/navy-confirms-jet-has-crashed-virginia-beach

[bluedigger]

31. Just reported on MSNBC - four casualties, no fatalities.

Minor injuries apparently.

[krispos42]

38. Hopefully most of the people were at work or out shopping for the coming holiday.

Yikes!

[hauweg]

32. Livestream

Local Wavy TV livestream:
http://www.wavy.com/generic/news/WAVY_Newscast_Live_Stream

[izquierdista]

33. McCain out for a spin again?

[Codeine]

36. You're a horrible man.

And for that we love you.

[Cal Carpenter]

41. Officials: All accounted for in Navy jet crash

Unbelievable, no fatalities.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-07/navy-crash-virginia/54094196/1

Officials: All accounted for in Navy jet crash

[ecstatic]

43. wow! nt