F18 Crash in San Diego
Apparently an F18 Hornet that was flying from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln crashed today in a University residential area killing three people on the ground including an elderly woman and two children. Does anyone besides me get nervous each year when the Blue Angels come to town and spend Friday practicing over the extremely densely populated city of San Francisco. "They practice over the Bay and Ocean." I've heard that, but it is so not true. They do their practice and show directly over San Francisco. If one of those were to crash... and actually it would be more likely that two of the hit each other in the air so it would be two places coming down out of the sky... wow, I can't even begin to imagine the damage and catastrophe that would be. I have to also admit, I do love seeing those air-rending turns which seem to rip the fabric of air itself, but deep down I am a little nervous when they come to town.
The pilot was able to eject safely after one of the two engines on the plane failed. Here is a link to the original story: