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United State Navy Jet crash during training

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10 years ago

March 2, 2014

A US Navy F/A-18C Hornet jet
aircraft crashed during training Saturday in the western state of
Nevada, the navy said in a statement.
There was no immediate news on the fate of the pilot.
The fighter plane, assigned to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare
Center in Fallon, in western Nevada, crashed at approximately 3:00
pm (2300 GMT) on a training range some 112 kilometers(70 miles) east
of Naval Air Station Fallon.
“The Navy has not officially confirmed the status of the aircraft
crewmember. The aircraft was conducting a training flight prior to
the crash,” the statement read.
It added: “A safety investigation will be carried out to determine the
cause.”
Boeing-built Hornets, used as attack planes and as a fighters, have
been in service since the 1980s.