Footage published on social media shows a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet crashing into a hillside near Rimrock Lake, Washington, on Saturday. The video captures the moment the aircraft hit the slope, according to the single source reporting the footage. No information on casualties or pilot ejection has been provided in this report.
A new video published on social media on Saturday shows a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet crashing into a hillside near Rimrock Lake, Washington. The footage, posted by a desk-reviewed report, captures the moment of impact. No details have been provided regarding the pilot's status, aircraft occupancy, or the cause of the crash in this report.
This development follows a series of reports from The Zioneer on Sunday, all published at 02:45 Jerusalem, covering the crash of a U.S. military jet in the same area. The first report, citing the Marine Corps, stated that a Marine Corps F/A-18D crashed near Rimrock Lake and the pilot ejected safely. A subsequent report, citing local fire authorities, confirmed the pilot was hospitalized after ejecting and that a forest fire had ignited. A third report, citing Israeli media, identified the aircraft as a U.S. Navy F/A-18 and stated the pilot ejected safely during a training flight; a fourth report repeated that the pilot ejected safely. The thread thus evolved from an initial on-record Marine Corps confirmation to additional details from fire authorities and Israeli media, without an explicit official resolution of the apparent discrepancy between Marine Corps and Navy identification.
The Zioneer reported earlier that a U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter jet crashed in Washington state on a training flight and an investigation was underway. It remains unclear whether the newly published Marine Corps video depicts the same incident — potentially resolving the service-identification confusion — or a separate, previously undocumented crash. Until the source of the footage is corroborated or military authorities clarify the record, the specific circumstances of the event shown in the video remain unconfirmed.
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