{"id":14839,"date":"2014-06-05T05:31:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T05:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-military-jet-crashes-into-homes\/"},"modified":"2014-06-05T05:31:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T05:31:40","slug":"us-military-jet-crashes-into-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-military-jet-crashes-into-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"US Military Jet Crashes into Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A US military jet has crashed into homes in the California desert, about 90 miles (144km) east of San Diego.<\/p>\n

Television footage showed at least one home on fire on a residential street in the city of Imperial, following the crash on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

The pilot of the AV-8B Harrier jet ejected safely, and has been taken to hospital with minor injuries.<\/p>\n

The US Marine Corps said eight homes had been evacuated but no-one on the ground was hurt.<\/p>\n

An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash, it said in a statement..<\/p>\n

Resident Adriana Ramos, 45, said her house shook when the plane crashed.<\/p>\n

“It felt like a bomb was thrown in the backyard,” she said.<\/p>\n

Scene ‘chaotic’
\nAnother witness, Jose Santos, said he was driving nearby when he saw the plane flying “really low”.<\/p>\n

“It just fell down,” he said.<\/p>\n

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