United States military fighter plane crashes close to San Diego

A US fighter airplane has crashed close to a military base in California, the Marine Corps verified.

The F/A-18 Hornet plane crashed on Thursday night near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, which is about 15 miles away from San Diego.

It is not clear how the pilot is doing right now. People are looking and trying to save others right now.

The Marine Corps is looking into what happened.

On Friday morning, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar announced that the crash happened on government land near the base.

The base’s statement said that there is no evidence of damage to any property on the ground.

Members of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, along with a helicopter, are helping in the search, as reported by NBC News.

The 3rd Marine Corps Aircraft Wing is located at a place called MCAS Miramar. The plane that crashed was not part of that group, but it was being used from the base.

“We will give you more details when we have them,” MCAS Miramar said in the statement.

F/A-18 Hornet planes are used by both the Marine Corps and the US Navy. These planes can fly in any weather and are designed for both fighting and attacking.

The first versions of the aircraft started being used by the Marines in 1983, and the Navy started using them the year after.

In 2012, a military plane crashed into a building where people live in Virginia Beach, Virginia, hurting seven individuals.

In 2008, a fighter jet crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego, causing the deaths of four people who were not on the plane. The pilot was able to use an ejection seat to leave the aircraft and survived the situation.