С ВИФа:
В общем оказалось что и американец тоже сделал все что мог.
У самолета при выполнении тренировочного полета с АВ, отказал один из движков. Поскольку посадка на палубу с одним двигателем не допускается - не хватит тяги для повторного
взлета и ухода на второй круг в случае промаха мимо троса, то его отправили садиться на Мирамар. На посадочной прямой у самолета отказал второй движок, он вел самолет сколько
мог и катапультировался в 25 футах (7-8 метров) над землей.
Глядя на место падения в гугле, видно что до открытого пространства самолет не дотянул совсем чуть-чуть. Еще несколько сотен метров, и он рухнул бы в лес.
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Crews Search For Child In Home Destroyed By Fighter Jet
POSTED: 4:33 pm PST December 8, 2008
UPDATED: 1:14 pm PST December 9, 2008
SAN DIEGO --
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Authorities resumed searching for a missing child at Tuesday in the rubble of a University City home destroyed by an apparently disabled Marine Corps jet fighter that crashed
and burst into flames, killing at least three people.
The bodies of a woman, her child and the child's grandmother were found in the home's ruins Monday after the F/A-18D Hornet plunged to the ground around noon near Cather
Avenue and Huggins Street, about a mile northwest of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, said Maurice Luque, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The aircraft, on a training mission off the carrier Abraham Lincoln, was ordered to fly to Miramar rather than return to the flattop after losing one engine.
Authorities did not immediately release the victims' names, but people who said they knew the family through church told a local TV station that a 36-year-old nurse who worked
at a local hospital was in the home with her 2-month-old and year-old sons, and her mother, who had recently flown in from Korea to help with the new baby.
The pilot, described as a lieutenant in his 20s, had been on a training flight and was heading back to base when the accident occurred. He safely ejected and was taken to
Naval Medical Center San Diego for observation.
Military officials blamed the crash on equipment malfunction.
"We don't know exactly what was the cause of the problem he was having, and ... we will be conducting a thorough safety investigation to find that out," Marine Corps Col.
Chris O'Connor told reporters.
The crash and resulting blaze destroyed two homes and damaged three others.
Jason Widmer, a contractor, was working in the neighborhood at the time of the crash and spoke to the pilot.
"He was a little shaken up," Widmer said. "The first thing he said to me, even before he said, 'I'm OK,' he said, 'I hope I didn't kill anybody.'"
The lieutenant said one of the jet's engines had gone out during his training mission and that the other one failed as he tried to make it back to MCAS Miramar for an
emergency landing.
"He said he was powerless," Widmer said. "He said he stayed with the bird as long as he could."
The pilot was only about 25 feet above the ground when he finally activated his ejector seat, according to reports from the scene. He ended up in a tree but suffered no
serious injury.
The investigation was ongoing.
