A bomber that shortly after takeoff in a Virginia Beach apartment
complex on Friday raced in a spectacular crash, of flames and black
smoke out of the ashes cleverly disturbed Nike Air Max 1 .
The two pilots managed to shortly before impact eject, suffering
minor injuries along with five others on the ground. Several residents
described hearing a loud explosion and looking out of their Windows, the
red and orange flames look. In the turmoil that followed, two men wore
one of the bloody pilots from the two-seated F18 Hornet move to safety.
"Oh, my God, I three really loud explosions heard, then the black
smoke rose high into the sky," said ties Felissa Ezell, who lives in a
townhouse in the vicinity of the crash site.
Until the evening were rescue workers through the charred remains of
the search after complex, where about 40 housing units were damaged or
destroyed. No deaths have been reported.
Seven people, including the pilot in the vicinity of naval air
station Oceana, were taken to a hospital. All but one of the pilots were
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Virginia Beach Fire Department Capt. Tim Riley, more than two dozen
said residents were not taken into account, although all but the six
most damaged homes was been raided.
"What I for the praying about what I now think is that we will not
find more victims," Virginia Beach Mayor will Sessoms told reporters.
The aircraft had a lot of fuel before the crash although not clear
was loaded, whether due to a failure or a deliberate maneuver by the
pilots, said Captain Mark Weisgerber us fleet forces command Nike Air Max 90 . The Jet was less than 10 miles from Oceana.
Bruce Nedelka, the Virginia Beach EMS Division Chief as eye-witnesses
saw fuel from gedumpt the Jet before it went down, and that the fuel
was found in the building and vehicles in the area.
Not so much fuel on board the aircraft "tempered, what could have
been an absolutely massive, massive fire ball and fire have", Nedelka
said. "With all this flight fuel dumped, it was much less than that
which could have been."
The crash happened in the region of Hampton Roads, which has a large
concentration of military bases, including naval station Norfolk, the
largest naval base in the world. Naval Air Station Oceana, where is the
F/A 18 that crashed was assigned, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Both
pilots were from Virginia Beach, Weisgerber said.
The pilots include a student and a teacher. Weisgerber said he did
not know, how often the student pilot had been in the air, but the
teacher was "very experienced."
The densely-populated area where the plane crashed was filled by
dozens of police vehicles, fire engines and other emergency vehicles.
Yellow fire hoses snaked through streets like firefighters water poured
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The inhabitants of apartment complex described a confusing scene and an apologetic pilots.
Colby Smith said his house began to tremble and then the electricity
failed, when he saw a red and orange flames outside his window. He ran
outside, where he saw blowing black smoke, and then came to the pilot as
he to a friend at home ran away Nike Air Max 90 VT .
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