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F-18 jet crashes into apartments in Virginia next to elementary school (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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Published: 06 April, 2012, 21:03
Edited: 07 April, 2012, 00:40
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A close-up shot of the burning plane's aft section, tweeted by @kandidrops
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Both pilots safely ejected from the plane that moments later crashed into a residential area in Virginia Beach.

Commander Rosi from the US Navy said the aircrew of the plane, which belonged to the VFA-106 strike fighter squadron based in Oceana, have been taken to a nearby hospital.

Witnesses say two apartment buildings near the crash site are on fire, and rescue workers are searching for potential casualties. Military police is also on site. Interstate 264 has been closed down. Thick black smoke can be seen rising from the scene.

A spokesperson from the Virginia Fire department has told reporters the fire has been contained. Reports about potential casualties are conflicting, as some people say at least one person was carried out on a stretcher from one of the apartment buildings that caught on fire after the crash. Beach General Hospital has confirmed both pilots and four civilians were being treated for injuries.

A doctor from the hospital told reporters that both crew members have been treated, with one of them in good condition and the other fair. Four more people were administered to the ER – 2 with smoke inhalation, 1 police officer who was injured at the scene and another civilian who collapsed at the site of the crash.

One of the first peope on the scene told CBS news that he helped move one of the pilots to a safe distance from the blaze. According to the witness, the pilot was conscious and apologized profusely for crashing into the apartment complex.

Reports also suggest at least one apartment building has burnt down completely. Overall, at least 5 buildings and 20 apartment units have been affected by the fire.

Several people have also claimed the fighter jet was seen dumping fuel just before the crash, in order to avoid an explosion upon impact.

Fire officials say Birdneck Elementary School will open as shelter for displaced residents following the crash.

F-18 jets are used by the military for combat operations as well as for aerial displays. But this crash, unfortunately, is not an isolated incident for the US Navy Force fighter jets. The most recent crash involving an F-18 Hornet took place almost exactly one year ago, when 2 crew members died after the jet collapsed moments after takeoff in central California.

Another F-18 crashed into a residential area in San Diego in 2008, killing four people on the ground and destroying a number of houses. In 2011, an F-16 fighter-bomber crashed on landing at an air base in southern Italy after completing a mission in Libya. An F-15 jet also crashed while on a mission in Libya that same year.
Zack Zapatero′s photo from the scene of the FA-18 crash in Virginia Beach.

Zack Zapatero's photo from the scene of the FA-18 crash in Virginia Beach.
F18 crash site, tweeted by @INFOen140.

F18 crash site, tweeted by @INFOen140.
The plane′s ejected seat (photo by Ross Grogg @wrossgrogg).

The plane's ejected seat (photo by Ross Grogg @wrossgrogg).
"Image from a friend who lives near the apartments in Virginia Beach that the F-18 crashes into," says @Andrew_Brandt in Twitter.

"Image from a friend who lives near the apartments in Virginia Beach that the F-18 crashes into," says @Andrew_Brandt in Twitter.
Photo from the scene of F18 crash in Virginia Beach, via WAVY, tweeted by @nycsouthpaw.
Photo from the scene of F18 crash in Virginia Beach, via WAVY, tweeted by @nycsouthpaw.
Ladder truck up and running from birdneck village apts parking lot (photo by Ross Grogg @wrossgrogg)

Ladder truck up and running from birdneck village apts parking lot (photo by Ross Grogg @wrossgrogg)
Aerial view of F-18 crash in San Diego

Aerial view of F-18 crash in San Diego
Added by Branden Sherman to WTKR NewsChannel3 account in Facebook.

Added by Branden Sherman to WTKR NewsChannel3 account in Facebook.
A fire truck working at the scene of the FA-18 crash in Virginia Beach, tweeted by @PilotPhotoland

A fire truck working at the scene of the FA-18 crash in Virginia Beach, tweeted by @PilotPhotoland
The plane′s 2nd ejected seat, tweeted by @djpostl

The plane's 2nd ejected seat, tweeted by @djpostl
The plane′s ejected seat, tweeted by @kandidrops

The plane's ejected seat, tweeted by @kandidrops

 

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3 unaccounted for after Navy fighter jet crashes into apartments
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 7, 2012 -- Updated 0846 GMT (1646 HKT)
A Navy jet crashed Friday into apartments near Virginia Beach, Virginia, sending flames and thick black smoke into the air, a military spokesman and a witness said. At least two people were hurt, a hospital spokeswoman said.
A Navy jet crashed Friday into apartments near Virginia Beach, Virginia, sending flames and thick black smoke into the air, a military spokesman and a witness said. At least two people were hurt, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Rescuers are trying to find three people still unaccounted for, an official says
The crash of the F/A-18 is under investigation, the Navy says
The jet's dumping of fuel was an indication of a problem, a Navy official says

CNN affiliates WTKR, WAVY and WVEC have more on the story.

(CNN) -- Rescue workers in Virginia were trying to locate three people still unaccounted for Saturday, a day after a Navy fighter jet crashed into apartment buildings in Virginia Beach, authorities said.

At least seven people were injured when the fighter jet experienced a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during takeoff Friday, raining jet fuel over the military community of Virginia Beach before its fiery crash that damaged five apartment buildings, according to residents and Navy officials.

There were no immediate reports of fatalities, though authorities were searching for the three people, Riley said.

The jet carried a student pilot in the front seat and an experienced instructor behind him, and the dumping of jet fuel was "one of the indications that there was a mechanical malfunction," Navy Capt. Mark Weisgerber told reporters.

The crash is under investigation, he said.

The two-seat F/A-18 jet landed eerily upright in flames in a courtyard surrounded by the five apartment buildings that were suddenly set afire.

Once the five apartment buildings were doused with water and the courtyard was coated with a foam, rescue crews began a grim, detailed search through the charred hulks to look for any residents injured or killed, Virginia Beach Fire Department Battalion Chief Tim Riley said.

No one has been reported missing, but rescue crews used a checklist of occupants in the buildings in an effort to account for all residents, Riley said.

By late Friday, rescue crews completed 95% of a search of the buildings, he said.

"If there is anybody there, chances of survivability would be low," Riley told reporters.

The two pilots ejected safely, the Navy said. Resident Pat Kavanaugh told CNN affiliate WTKR that he and others found one of them still strapped to his seat with cuts to his face. Kavanaugh said he was on his couch when he heard a loud boom and was startled to see a parachute hanging from the building.

In shock, the pilot apologized for his jet crashing into the apartment complex, and residents pulled him safely away from the fiery crash zone, said Kavanaugh, a retired rescue worker.

The two pilots, a Virginia Beach police officer, an EMS volunteer and three other people were treated for injuries at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. One of the pilots was admitted, while the other six patients were released, the hospital's website said.

Both pilots, who live in Virginia Beach, are "doing well, and they suffered minor injuries," Weisgerber said.

The jet, which was not carrying live ordnance, was part of a training squadron at Naval Air Station Oceana, the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration said. It crashed 2.2 miles from the runway, a senior Defense Department official told CNN.

Eyewitnesses and residents described their community -- so accustomed to military planes taking off near their homes -- suddenly taking a surreal turn for the worse when the jet fell out of the sky and spewed its fuel, a possible maneuver to minimize the inevitable fire upon crashing.

One ejection seat shell ripped through an oak tree and crashed into a condo fence, and the other seat shell landed next door, suggesting that the two Navy pilots ejected at a low altitude, another resident, Keith Gutkowski, told CNN.

Colby Smith told CNN affiliate WVEX that he was in his bathroom when he felt his "whole house shaking." Then he looked out his bedroom window and "saw nothing but red, just red and orange flashing. And just a crackling noise. I was like, 'What is that?' " he said.

Smith said he ran outside, saw a friend and eventually spotted a pilot who was "laying there" and bleeding. He said he and several others then picked up the pilot and carried him to safety. It wasn't immediately clear Friday whether the pilot was the same one that Kavanaugh assisted.

CNN's Michael Martinez, Barbara Starr, Greg Botelho, Mike Ahlers and Sandra Endo contributed to this report.