US military pilot dies in jet crash near San Diego
PHOTO CAPTION: Representational photo — An F/A-18 Super Hornet taxis the flight line on Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Oct. 27, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Megan Wollam via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. military pilot died in a crash overnight near a Marine Corps site in San Diego, the Marine Corps said on Friday, adding it was launching an investigation into the incident.
The pilot was the only person on board the F/A-18 Hornet when it crashed at 11:54 p.m. on Thursday, the Marine Corps said in a statement.
Search and rescue personnel recovered the pilot's body near the crash site, in the vicinity of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the statement said. The identity of the pilot will not be released until the person's family is notified, it added.
ABC News, citing an unnamed defense official, said the aircraft was on a training flight.
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson, Susan Heavey and Ismail Shakil; Editing by David Gregorio)
