Was the San Diego Fighter Jet Crash Preventable?

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The F/A-18D fighter jet crash in a San Diego neighborhood resulted in the deaths of four civilians and significant property damage. The pilot, who ejected safely, was reportedly offered a chance to land at Naval Air Station North Island but chose to divert to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar instead. Investigations revealed that 13 Marines faced disciplinary action for errors leading to the crash, including four officers relieved of duty for directing the flight over residential areas. The emergency procedure checklist emphasizes the importance of landing as soon as possible in engine failure situations, highlighting critical decision-making failures in this incident.

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  • #31
Hmmm... he has an engine out with the option to land at a closer airport and decides to take it over a residential neighborhood? If this is the case I hope he gets some serious prison time... decades not months.
 
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  • #32
But in the simulators no one gets killed when they eject over suburban neighborhoods.
 
  • #33
We should place blame in the right place. Or places. The pilot was instructed by his squadron commander to land at Miramar, as the runway there is longer. The fact that there were problems in the fuel transfer system were known in July, and the aircraft flew 146 more flights without it being rectified.
 

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