WASHINGTON: A US Navy F/A-18C
Hornet fighter jet crashed on Saturday during a training mission near a Nevada
air base, the navy said.
The status of the pilot was not immediately clear, navy spokesman Commander Ryan Perry said in a statement.
Perry said an investigation would be conducted to determine the cause of the crash, which occurred on a training range about 70 miles east of Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
Navy personnel are headed to the scene, he said.
The status of the pilot was not immediately clear, navy spokesman Commander Ryan Perry said in a statement.
Perry said an investigation would be conducted to determine the cause of the crash, which occurred on a training range about 70 miles east of Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
Navy personnel are headed to the scene, he said.
The F/A-18C Hornet is a single-seat fighter jet built by Boeing Co beginning in 1987. It is powered by two F404-GE-402 enhanced performance turbofan engines built by General Electric Co.
The aircraft was conducting a training flight prior to the crash around 3 p.m., Navy officials said.
The aircraft was assigned to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nev. The crash happened about 70 miles east of Fallon, Navy officials said.
A safety investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the crash.
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