Air disaster

2012 Virginia Beach F/A-18 crash

6 Apr 2012 · 36.85° N, 75.99° W

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6 Apr 2012
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
36.85° N, 75.99° W
Deaths
0

2012 Virginia Beach F/A-18 crash

Jet crash in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

On April 6, 2012, a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet jet fighter of the United States Navy crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after suffering a dual engine failure shortly after take-off on a training flight. The building involved was extensively damaged, but there were no fatalities in the accident.

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