[austinaero]

I’ve always wondered why more plane crashes don’t happen in San Diego. The city is basically on a hill (several hills) with the ocean, bridges, beach, shipyards, etc. on the other side. It’s population-dense with not a few skyscrapers. It’s weird flying in their commercial. You have people from the upper floors of the office buildings waving at you as you descend through them to the runway.

Prayers for the airman and those who were harmed in this event. At least the pilot was able to eject into a nearby canyon.

[austinaero]

their should be “there”,,duh

[Myrddin]

MCAS Miramar has a pair of 12,000 foot runways. They are oriented east/west. This was likely a failure on a westbound takeoff. At one of the Miramar air shows, an F14 came in from the east above Mach 1. The big halo was obvious to anyone observing. The sonic boom left the little kids on the tarmac crying. At the UTC end of the runway (west), the boom broke windows in businesses. That stunt resulted in having the F14 demo canceled the following year.

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