F-18 crashes into apartments at Virginia Beach

[Hinrich Schwab]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Yes, I wonder what went wrong. I immediately thought of this crash just a couple of years back: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sa...o_F/A-18_crash

I hope this isn't a bad sign for the state which these older F/A-18s are in. It does, however, sound like a technical problem on the surface of it. At least the pilots are safe.

I saw a pic of the crash site compared to the runway. Whatever happened occurred just after takeoff. I agree that it was a major technical failure, but I won't speculate further. Probably just another freak accident.