Look at the map of the area and you will see two things: 1. He was very close to making it back to the base, within a mile or so even if he didn't make it to the runway. 2. There is essentially no uninhabited area except Rose Canyon between the ocean and the base.
If the pilot couldn't make it to the base, no way was he making it anywhere else. It looks like he tried to ditch in Rose Canyon. The plane hit the street on the south side of the canyon. Had the plane come down 200 feet to the north, it would have landed in the canyon. It's really just a terrible tragedy that it didn't get there. Even if it had, people jog and bike in the canyon, and the train runs through there, so who knows what might have happened had it come down there instead. It missed the high school, for that we can be truly thankful. There are more details on Signonsandiego.com today. Check out this page and accompanying text: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081209/images/crash.html The first engine failed over the ocean and they made the decision to send the plane to Miramar. The second engine failed on the final approach, that's when the pilot ejected. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:58 AM, G Money wrote: > I thought one of Ro Munn's earlier posts said that the pilot was trying to > make it to a near-by uninhabited area, but didn't quite make it...? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282427 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
