F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes Into Virginia Apartment Complex 295
New submitter atomatica writes "A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed shortly after takeoff into an apartment complex near Virginia Beach, Virginia. Both pilots and multiple civilians have been transported to a hospital."
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Combat record (Score:5, Funny)
Even if you only count one apartment building demolished, the F-18 still has a better combat record than the F-22.
(I only joke because there were no fatalities!)
Conspiracy (Score:5, Funny)
We all know it was an inside job by the owners of the apartment complex who just wanted to build more expensive real estate without having to actually pay for it.
Re:Combat record (Score:5, Funny)
Even if you only count one apartment building demolished, the F-18 still has a better combat record than the F-22.
(I only joke because there were no fatalities!)
The F-18, now also fitted as a suburbian domicile buster.
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
Anyone have an idea why this happened? Pilot error? Mechanical failure?
Gravity.
There should be a law... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Funny)
With current fuel prices being so high, will some lucky person in the area have hit the jackpot when they check their pool for the stuff? They could skim it off the top and run their truck for a week or two. I really should Google aviation fuel, for some reason I have it in my head as being pretty similar to diesel.
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
To be fair, I thought "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" was just military speak for "a building just went through my engines" and not the root cause of the actual accident.
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Re:Slashdot-worthy? (Score:5, Funny)
>> How exactly is this News for Nerds?
Slashdot always reports on things that crash windows.
Re:Conspiracy (Score:3, Funny)
They heard someone in the complex was hiding yellow cake in the kitchen.
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)