A Navy fighter jet crashed in Kern County, California, on Tuesday near Ridgecrest.
The pilot was able to eject from the plane safely.
The Naval Air Station Lemoore confirmed in a statement on Facebook that the aircraft was an F/A-18E Super Hornet from its base. It added that the plane “experienced a mishap during a routine training flight in the Superior Valley, just south of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.”
The pilot is now being examined at a local medical facility.
In recent weeks, there have been other fighter jet crashes in the United States, including one in California that occurred during a refueling incident and two at Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base.
F18 PLANE CRASH: This is video just in from the scene near the Robbers Roost rock formation in East Kern County (near Hwy 14 and Hwy 178 junction). No word on any injuries. pic.twitter.com/bUZpRQu7tb
— Eytan Wallace (@EytanWallace) October 20, 2020
