Two planes, two pilots ... They and we

That is, compare these two tragic stories. It seems that this kind of tragedy in our third millennium is not uncommon, but ... All the salt at the end of the second post
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"The United States. Fighter fell on a residential area
08.12 23:11 MIGnews.com

The F-18 was in service with the Air Force United States for unclear reasons fell on residential neighborhoods in the city of San Diego in the south of the US state of California.

To date, information on potential victims and destructions did not arrive.

According to some reports as a result of the crash ignited one of the buildings and two vehicles.

The plane crashed in a time when getting ready to go to the land, three kilometers from the military base of Registry.

The pilot, according to the Associated Press, was able to eject. He was taken to a local medical center. Status of the pilot is considered as stable.

The fighter crashed in an area where the federal highway destination and several schools.

"I tried to make coffee in the moment that he heard an explosion, and then two more. The house rocked as in a strong earthquake. At first I did not even realize what happened. It seemed to me that the heavens tremble & quot ;, - told pyatidesyatipyatiletny Ben Dishman, who lives in the vicinity of the crash site.

Supersonic Fighter F18 modified F / A-18D Hornet is widely used in the Navy and US Marine Corps Forces. In 1987 he was made military training and modification of the fighter-bomber F / A-18C, which received the designation F / A-18D. The aircraft used for pilot training and to carry out the missions of shock.

Naval Station Miramar is known for the film Top Gun (in Russian translation - Top Gun). It is home to about 10,000 Marines.

1:05. Press service of the naval base Miramar spread the message, according to which in a plane crash killed 2 people.

3:35. According to some data, in the crash of the F-18 killed 3 people. All victims of the disaster on the ground, presumably in the house, which collapsed the plane. Medical services are looking for one more person who could be in the place where the fallen fighter, reports Associated Press referring to representatives of the local fire service & quot ;. ©





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«05:52 09/12/2008

Reading, December 9 - RIA Novosti. Explanation of "black boxes" found at the site of the crash of the MiG-29, which crashed near Chita on Friday, will take about a month, told RIA Novosti on Tuesday, the military investigation department of the Prosecutor's Office of the Chita garrison of the Siberian Military District.

"Talk about some versions to decrypt the information from the black boxes prematurely & quot ;, - a spokesman said.

He also reported that the dead pilot of the second class, the deputy commander of an aviation squadron Lieutenant Colonel Valerian Kokorev will be buried at home in the Ivanovo region. We stayed Kokoreva family - his wife and two children.

The accident occurred on December 5 in 5.12 MSK 700 meters northwest of the village Ingoda Chita region. Fighter burned. The plane carried out a training flight.

According to preliminary version, the accident occurred due to technical reasons. According to a source in the regional law enforcement agencies, the pilot died, most likely will not have time to eject, as until recently led off the plane from the residential buildings of the village Ingoda ... & quot; ©

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