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Navy jet crashes in Virginia

Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet April 6, sending their unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and engulfing several buildings in flames.

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Navy jet crashes in Virginia

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  1. The burning fuselage of an F/A-18 Hornet lies smoldering after crashing into a residential building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012. The Navy did not immediately return telephone messages left by The Associated Press, but media reports indicate the two aviators were able to eject from the jet before it crashed. They were being treated for injuries that were not considered life threatening. (AP Photo)

  2. In this image made from video and provided by WVEC TV, smoke billows near an apartment complex where a Navy jet crashed in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, March 6, 2012. The F/A-18 Hornet crashed into the apartment building, officials said, and the two-member crew ejected safely. There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground. (AP Photo/ WVEC-TV)

  3. A man is taken away by paramedics at the scene of accident after a U.S. Navy F/A-18D fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach April 6, 2012. The Navy fighter crashed soon after take-off into an apartment complex in Virginia on Friday, sending fireballs into the sky, heavily damaging half-a-dozen buildings and injuring nine people. All the injuries, including those to the F/A-18 crew, were minor, officials said, but the search of the Mayfair Mews apartment complex was not complete. Both crew members ejected from the aircraft before it crashed into the buildings in Virginia Beach, and one pilot was rescued while still strapped into his ejection seat. MANDATORY CREDIT. REUTERS/Peter J. Casey (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY TRANSPORT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. TV OUT. NOT FOR SALE TO TELEVISION BROADCASTERS

  4. Virginia Beach police officers wear protective masks at the scene of a jet crash Friday, April 6, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Va. Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending the unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and tearing the roof off at least one building that was engulfed in flames, officials said. Six people, including both pilots, were taken to hospitals, officials said. The Navy said both aviators on board the jet ejected before it crashed around noon and were being taken to hospitals for observation. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan

  5. U.S. Navy personnel inspect the ejection seat of the Navy F/A-18D fighter jet that crashed into an apartment complex in Viginia Beach April 6, 2012. The Navy fighter crashed soon after take-off into an apartment complex in Virginia on Friday, sending fireballs into the sky, heavily damaging half-a-dozen buildings and injuring nine people. All the injuries, including those to the F/A-18 crew, were minor, officials said, but the search of the Mayfair Mews apartment complex was not complete. Both crew members ejected from the aircraft before it crashed into the buildings in Virginia Beach, and one pilot was rescued while still strapped into his ejection seat. MANDATORY CREDIT. REUTERS/Peter J. Casey (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY TRANSPORT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. TV OUT. NOT FOR SALE TO TELEVISION BROADCASTERS. ONE TIME USE ONLY

  6. Fire fighters survey the burnt-out wreckage of the tail of a Navy F/A-18D jet fighter which crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach April 6, 2012. Both crew members ejected from the aircraft before it crashed into the buildings and all injuries on the ground were minor according to officials. REUTERS/Rich-Joseph Facun

  7. In this image made from video and provided by WVEC TV, smoke billows near an apartment complex where a Navy jet crashed in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, March 6, 2012. The F/A-18 Hornet crashed into the apartment building, officials said, and the two-member crew ejected safely. There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground. (AP Photo/ WVEC-TV)

  8. Emergency crews extinguish a fire at the scene of a jet crash Friday, April 6, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Va. Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending the unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and tearing the roof off at least one building that was engulfed in flames, officials said. Six people, including both pilots, were taken to hospitals, officials said. The Navy said both aviators on board the jet ejected before it crashed around noon and were being taken to hospitals for observation. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Ross Taylor)

  9. Virginia Beach Fire Department firefighters continue cleanup efforts after extinguishing a blaze that destroyed buildings when a U.S. Navy F/A-18D fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach April 6, 2012. The Navy fighter crashed soon after take-off into an apartment complex in Virginia on Friday, sending fireballs into the sky, heavily damaging half-a-dozen buildings and injuring nine people. All the injuries, including those to the F/A-18 crew, were minor, officials said, but the search of the Mayfair Mews apartment complex was not complete. Both crew members ejected from the aircraft before it crashed into the buildings in Virginia Beach, and one pilot was rescued while still strapped into his ejection seat. REUTERS/Thomas Slusser (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY TRANSPORT)

  10. Elizabeth DeAngelis, right, a resident of the Mayfair Mews Apartments, huddles in a blanket, as her daughter Misty Caine lets a caller know that her mother is fine, after a Navy fighter jet crashed at the apartment complex, Friday, April 6, 2012, in Virginia Beach, Va. Six people, including both pilots, were taken to hospitals, officials said. The Navy said both aviators on board the jet ejected before it crashed around noon and were being taken to hospitals for observation. \"I saw flames and a parachute was hanging off my balcony,\" said DeAngelis about the experience after hearing the crash and going to her balcony to see what had happened. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Vicki Cronis-Nohe)

  11. Firefighters work to control the blaze after the crash of an F-18 navy jet into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, pictured in this aerial frame grab from video on April 6 2012. REUTERS/WAVY TV/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

  12. Virginia Beach Rescue Squad responds to the scene and rush the injured to a makeshift triage center on Birdneck Road, after an F/A-18D fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach April 6, 2012. The plane was part of a training squadron at Naval Air Station Oceana for Navy and Marine aviators in Virginia Beach. REUTERS/Thomas Slusser (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY TRANSPORT)

  13. Virginia Beach police officers wear protective masks at the scene of a jet crash Friday, April 6, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Va. Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending the unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and tearing the roof off at least one building that was engulfed in flames, officials said. Six people, including both pilots, were taken to hospitals, officials said. The Navy said both aviators on board the jet ejected before it crashed around noon and were being taken to hospitals for observation. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)

  14. An F/A-18D Hornet lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean on July 2, 2011, as pictured in this handout photo from the United States Navy. A U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia, sending fireballs into the sky and heavily damaging five buildings after the two crew members ejected from the craft April 6, 2012. REUTERS/ U.S. Navy/Handout

  15. Emergency personal gather at the scene of a jet crash Friday, April 6, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Va. Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending the unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and tearing the roof off at least one building that was engulfed in flames, officials said. Six people, including both pilots, were taken to hospitals, officials said. The Navy said both aviators on board the jet ejected before it crashed around noon and were being taken to hospitals for observation. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)

  16. Onlookers climb a wooden fence to get a better look at the crash, after an F/A-18D fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach April 6, 2012. The plane was part of a training squadron at Naval Air Station Oceana for Navy and Marine aviators in Virginia Beach. REUTERS/Thomas Slusser

  17. Marcus Jones stands on the rooftop of a townhouse across the scene of a jet crash Friday, April 6, 2012 in Virginia Beach, Va. Two Navy pilots ejected from a fighter jet Friday, sending the unmanned plane careening into a Virginia Beach apartment complex and tearing the roof off at least one building that was engulfed in flames, officials said. Six people, including both pilots, were taken to hospitals, officials said. The Navy said both aviators on board the jet ejected before it crashed around noon and were being taken to hospitals for observation. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)

  18. Firefighters work to control the blaze after the crash of an F-18 navy jet into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, pictured in this aerial frame grab from video on April 6 2012. REUTERS/WAVY TV/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

  19. Firefighters work to control the blaze after the crash of an F-18 navy jet into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, pictured in this aerial frame grab from video on April 6 2012. REUTERS/WAVY TV/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER MILITARY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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