this hour of the f-18 jet crash that happened shortly after takeoff, crashing into the mayfair mews apartment building just northeast of expressway 264. that s the main thoroughfare that takes you in and out of the virginia beach ocean front. the battalion chief tim riley just recently gave an interview and told us about what is on scene there. and what they re working with. here it goes. they have five heavily damaged buildings. three of which are completely destroyed. the f-18 pilots were able to eject safely. they re worried now about structural collapse of some of the other injured buildings. again, three are completely destroyed. but as it comes down to whether or not people were able to get out of those buildings, the fire battalion chief has said they are unaware of anyone injured on the inside. it doesn t mean that they aren t still seeking people that could have been injured within all of this. however, there are no reports from family member to say that
would have been a better place to hit or a worst place to hit. there s so many apartment complexes around here. can you describe more that area of where the plane crashed? yeah. it s we are maybe a half a mile from virginia beach ocean front. big resort area. lots of homes, lots of apartment complexes. and it s it s just a place that, you know, anywhere but here kind of thing. again, if it was a half a mile to the west, it could have been in a creek or a marshy area. and he would have had to have probably crossed at least one marshy area to get to this point. how did you know that this was unusual or different? you say that you have got low-flying airplaplanes in this all the time. how did you know this was something that was unusual and dangerous? well, i ll tell you, again, the way it was coming in, it almost came in like it was trying to land with the nose facing up and there was nowhere for it to touch down. there was no flat ground in the direction he was hea