This footage of the U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet crash near Rimrock Lake, Washington offers the clearest view yet of what happened and it appears the jet may have impacted the mountainside
From this perspective, it looks like the jet may have impacted the mountain while flying at low altitude
UPDATE: @3rdmaw says this was a “non-fatal aviation mishap” of an F/A - 18. They will be conducting a “mishap investigation.”
Pilot ejected safely, thank goodness.
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