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U.S. Marine's F-18 crashes in California, three killed
A U.S. Marine Corps F-18 fighter- bomber crashed into a residential area in
Southern California city of San Diego on Monday, destroying two houses and
killing three people on the ground, officials said.
Officials said three people were killed and one is missing after the plane
crashed into homes three kilometers from the Miramar Marine Corps Air
Station.
Authorities who were trying to identify the dead believed that the two
victims were a mother and child, said Maurice Luque, spokeswoman for the San
Diego Fire Department. But the third victim was unidentified.
The pilot of the two-seat F-18 Hornet ejected safely with minor injuries,
said U.S. Marine Corps spokesman Stephen Paap, adding that the jet was on a
training mission and carrying a single pilot at the time of the crash.
The student pilot was en route from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln,
operating in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, according to the spokesman.
Television footage shows smoke coming from homes in the University City
section of San Diego, where the crash occurred just before noon.
Eyewitnesses at the University City High School close to the crash site
said they heard a loud boom and then saw a plane go down. The school had been
put on lockdown and no one was allowed to leave.
There were massive traffic jams in the area after the plane crash, making
it difficult for firefighters and police to reach the neighborhood, witnesses
said.
The F/A-18 supersonic jet debuted more than 20 years ago and has become the
workhorse of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fleet. San Diego, once dubbed "a
Navy town," is the home port for one third of the U.S. Naval Pacific Fleet.
美国战机坠毁已导致三名韩裔死亡
据《朝鲜日报》援引美国中央电视台8日报道，美国海军陆战队所属战斗机于圣地亚哥住宅区坠毁，事故造成一韩裔家庭三人死亡、一人失踪，死者包括刚刚满月的婴儿。
美国一架准备在米拉玛军事基地着陆的F-18战斗机在加州圣迭戈附近的居民区坠毁，驾驶员在坠机前弹射逃生。附近学校的学生无一受伤，令据《朝鲜日报》援引美国中央电视台8日报道，事故造成一韩裔家庭三人死亡、一人失踪，死者包括刚刚满月的婴儿。
据消防人员介绍，3名死者所在的房屋内当时共有4人，包括2名儿童及其母亲和祖母。由于爆炸后会产生有毒气体，圣迭戈市长杰里・桑德斯称，已有20户附近居民被迫撤离，现在还不能确定他们可以返回家中的时间。
据美国联邦航空局的一名发言人介绍，这架F-18战斗机是在距美海军陆战队的米拉玛军事基地2英里(3.2公里)处坠毁的。失事时，飞行员驾驶战斗机刚结束了在“林肯”号航母上的训练，在返航途中。米拉玛军事基地的发言人称，目前飞行员在圣迭戈的一家海军医院接受救治，已脱离危险。这位发言人表示尚不清楚飞机失事的原因，也没有迹象表明这名飞行员当时摄入了酒精或毒品。
由于该地区毗邻地震多发区，有附近居民感受到爆炸引起的震荡后以为是地震，还有人以为是炮弹发射。 |
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发表于 2016-7-10 09:22:43