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Oct 21, 2000 - 04:53 PMNavy Fighter Crashes off San Diego Coast The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) - A Navy fighter plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from an aircraft carrier, and the pilot was presumed dead, Navy officials said Saturday. The single-seat F/A-18C Hornet went down about 95 miles southeast of San Diego at 7:20 p.m. Friday, the Navy said in a news release Saturday.
The jet had taken off from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation, which was coordinating routine flight operations off the California coast.
Rescuers using helicopters and boats had been unable to recover the wreckage, the release said.
The identity of the pilot was not released pending notification of relatives. The cause of the crash was under investigation.
Last month, the pilot of a Navy F/A-18C Hornet was killed when his plane went down in the Persian Gulf, and two Marine Corps. aviators were killed when their F/A-18D Hornet hit another plane over the Arizona desert.
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