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2008/12/10

Crash in San Diego Neighborhood

What: F/A-18 Military Jet from the carrier Abraham Lincoln landing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramir
Where: San Diego neighborhood
When: DEC 8
Who: the pilot, who was part of a training squadron, ejected. He had been aiming the plane at a deserted canyon to avoid homes and the 805 Freeway. 4 Individuals in the house are dead. The pilot has been transported to Balboa Naval Hospital
Why: Witnesses said, “It was mushing through the air...iIt was chugging along with what seemed like one engine. Then I heard a roar of engine and all of a sudden, woop, dead silence."

The deceased have been identified as 4 members of a Korean family.

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