A 12-ton Navy jet crashed into a Virginia Beach apartment complex Friday afternoon, causing no deaths but leaving some residents temporarily homeless.
The F/A-18D fighter jet experienced a mechanical malfunction at 12:05 p.m. Friday and damaged four buildings as it crashed. Seven people, including both pilots, sustained injuries, but all have since been released from the hospital.
The Navy said in a press release Friday the plane crashed into the Mayfair Mews apartment complex just after taking off from Naval Air Station Oceana.
Virginia Beach City Spokesperson Marc Davis said the two pilots - a pilot in training and an experienced instructor pilot
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