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DukeOfUndersteer PowerDork
4/6/12 12:25 p.m.

Updated: Friday, 06 Apr 2012, 1:21 PM EDT Published : Friday, 06 Apr 2012, 12:28 PM EDT

Rachel West VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - The Navy confirms to WAVY.com that an F-18 jet has crashed in Virginia Beach Friday afternoon.

Grazia Moyers, spokeswoman for the Virginia Beach Police Department, told WAVY.com just before 12:30 p.m. what police believe is a military aircraft has gone down.

Cmdr. Phil Rosi with Naval Air Forces Atlantic told WAVY.com the plane was an F-18 with Strike Fighter Squadron 106. Rosi added two aircrew safely ejected from the plane that was based at Naval Air Station Oceana.

Sentara Healthcare says one pilot is at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Further information is not available at this time.

Police are responding to the scene at this time and will assist the military and the State Police, Moyer added.

Virginia State Police have shut down Interstate 264 at Laskin Road in both directions, Sgt. Anaya with the VSP said.

Virginia Department of Transportation traffic cameras showed thick, black smoke rising from the Birdneck Road area Friday afternoon around 12:30 p.m.

WAVY.com has a crew on the scene and will have more as soon as it comes in.

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/va_beach/military-plane-crashes-in-virginia-beach

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/6/12 12:58 p.m.

reminds me of the F15 that went down here a few years ago. Pilot had a flame out on the way out to the ocean and could not get a restart.. as he was almost over Atlantic City and losing altitude.. he rode it down between the buildings and ejected at the very last possible second when over the beach

pilotbraden Dork
4/6/12 1:04 p.m.

Damn, that looks like a mess.

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/6/12 1:06 p.m.

most aircraft crashes do

Xceler8x GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
4/6/12 1:13 p.m.

Oh E36 M3. Where did this go down? Looks like it landed in the middle of some apartments. Bad news...

DukeOfUndersteer PowerDork
4/6/12 1:14 p.m.

In reply to Xceler8x:

In a residential area.

Though there are no deaths or injuries to report

Osterkraut UltraDork
4/6/12 1:27 p.m.

Nice try, Navy, you're not getting the F-35 any faster.

1988RedT2 SuperDork
4/6/12 2:32 p.m.

Wow. It's been many years ago, but I spent some time with friends of a friend in an apartment building on Birdneck Road. I wonder if it's the same complex. I have no idea if they're still living there.