Virginia Beach F/A-18D crash.

[corsair67]

This is a pretty remarkable story - with a hell of a lot of luck involved.

Reinforces my view that buying property anywhere on a flight path is a bad decision!


www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/6709888/Navy-jet-crash-a-Good-Friday-miracle-but-how

www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/6709397/No-easy-choices-for-jet-crash-pilots

[kiwithrottlejockey]

I wonder how long before somebody sues the pilots (or the US Navy).

After all, the crash did occur in America where people seem to think the answer to everything is to sue someone!

[Dave Homewood]

Not so much luck involved for the people whose homes became infernos. But yes, amazing no-one was badly hurt.

I was amazed to see the Hornets are only $40 million. After seeing those ones last week, I reckon they're worth every cent and we should get a few squadrons of them. Sell some farms to China, drill for oil under the sea and mine a few national parks and we can probably afford them.