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F/A-18 crashed after going up in flames

Durham, USA - It occurred immediately after taking off from Raleigh-Durham Airport

A US Navy F/A-18 Hornet has fallen headlong immediately after taking off from Raleigh-Durham Airport (North Carolina) last week. This aircraft had started again to fly in formation with an airplane of the same kind in order to go on with their exercise mission, when suddenly it would have got burning. Its pilot has succeeded in time in ejecting and he was mildly injured. Competent authorities are still...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 60839
Rome, Italy, 03/29/2004 11:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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