US Navy F-18 crashes in residential area in Virginia Beach 4/6/2012

A U.S. Navy F-18 fighter crashed shortly after take-off into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and set it on fire, authorities said on Friday.

The two crew members ejected safely from the F-18, said Navy spokesman Phil Rosi on MSNBC. He said the plane was from a training squadron at Naval Air Station Oceana at Virginia Beach.

Virginia Beach is on the Atlantic Coast about 200 miles south Washington, DC.

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[Jeremy Gross]

The f-18 landed in a flat spin, the 9-11 planes flew straight in

[annuity100]

Oh look engines! I thought after 911 plane engines disintegrated during a crash. Is the house still standing as well, yes! Well i'm amazed.

[Jeremy Gross]

@bubbleyumish fortunately, I don't think anyone died. The pilots did a good job aligning the plane at the last second so as to reduce damage

[Jeremy Gross]

@Krygeris F/A-18s are made to survive missile hits, Boeing airliners are not and are just made of aluminum

[Frank Schweitzer]

right.... they were sitting in Martin-Baker MK.14 seats. These seats are ZERO/ZERO...if you see were the seat shells landed...the were on the other sides of the buildings...kind of. that news chick has no freaking idea what she was saying. Look at where the plane landed...how far IT DID NOT slide and how flat it was on the ground. impact..They did an awesome job given the conditions

[Elchin Sharifli]

Its Battlefield 4 .. Awesome grafic.. look like real )

[Erikas Krygeris]

strange...how 9/11 boeing who chrashed in pentagon has dissapeard :DDD and that tinny f18 is still normal condition ???? America`s terrorist are the same american politics with jackets!! and pig eyes!!Peace

[sabah shoar]

DUDE THAT WAS FILMED AT MY STEP DAD DAVES HOUSE

[Aaron Silverthorne]

hmmm? haha