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Sunday, March 02, 2014

Navy jet crashes in Nevada, search for pilot underway

F/A-18 HornetMore than four hours after a Navy F/A-18C Hornet crashed in a remote mountainous region in northern Nevada, officials said they had not yet reached the scene and had not established the status of the pilot.

The single-seat jet went down during a training flight at 3 p.m. Pacific time about 70 miles east of Naval Air Station Fallon, where the plane is based.

Fallon is about 60 miles east of Reno. Rugged terrain and the remote location have made it difficult for helicopters and ground crews to reach the crash site, Navy spokeswoman Lt. Reagan Lauritzen told the Los Angeles Times.

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