Jet Crash in San Diego

So, did you hear about that wild incident in San Diego? It’s like something out of a Michael Bay movie, honestly. It all went down early Thursday morning when this jet—not just any jet, but a business jet, fancy, right?—crashed into a neighborhood. Yeah, right where people live and everything! From what I hear, this happened just before 4 a.m. Now, imagine you’re just minding your own business, probably dreaming about beaches and stuff, and bam, a plane in your backyard!

Details of the Incident

The jet, right, it smacked a power line first and then went tumbling into some homes in a military housing community. Picture this: debris everywhere with jet fuel making it rain but in the worst way possible, setting cars on fire and messing up other stuff blocks away. And this nasty smell of jet fuel just hung in the air for ages.

Flight Information

Now for the plane side of things—it’s a big beast that’s usually zipping people off to business meetings. Folks in suits sipping on drinks at 35,000 feet, you know? Apparently, it left New Jersey around 11:15 the night before, made a pit stop for fuel in Kansas, and then, well, you know the rest.

Investigation Beginnings

Eliott Simpson, this bigwig investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board, was on the scene prying into every last piece of debris to figure out why this flying business lounge decided to nose-dive. He pointed out that chunks of the plane were under the power lines a couple of miles from Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. Seems significant, right?

Casualties and Reactions

Music to some folks’ ears but this time a real heartache—turns out three people from the Sound Talent Group, including the boss man himself, Dave Shapiro, didn’t make it. So, while this is all shocking and a pretty big deal, losing folks like that just adds a whole layer of sad to the story. Back at the ranch—or the crash site, as it were—Dan Eddy from the fire department was talking about how it looked pretty grim for anybody on that plane surviving. Just tragic, man. And San Diego Police Chief, Scott Wahl, was like, 'Man, this is just horrific.' I mean, jet fuel flowed down the streets setting everything ablaze... just picture it.

Weather Concerns

There’s more to this, though. The pilot was asking about the weather before landing, which makes you think maybe it wasn’t all sunny skies. The visibility was pretty bad, like half a mile bad with low clouds and all that jazz. And get this, the automated weather thingy at Montgomery Gibbs wasn’t even working, so he was kind of flying blind there. Not exactly the best conditions to be flying in, right?

Community Impact

Oh, and the craziest part? Over ten homes got the worst of it. Cars toasted, and the poor San Diego Humane Society even had to scrub down dogs and stuff because they got all doused in jet fuel. Talk about a bad day, huh? Anyway, there’s going to be this big investigation and all, but it just goes to show you, you never really know what’s gonna go down. Like, one minute you’re sleeping, the next there’s a flaming jet in the street. Life’s wild, man, totally wild.