Fighter jet apartment crash

All residents of an apartment complex for the elderly in Virginia that was destroyed when a U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed into it on Friday have been accounted for, and everyone injured have been discharged from a hospital, rescue officials said.

Many residents are now seeking somewhere to live after spending last night in a Red Cross shelter, officials said.

"Everyone has been accounted for" at the Mayfair Mews complex in Virginia Beach, the city's fire Chief Tim Riley told Reuters, after crews had searched into the night for three missing residents since the crash.

"We are not actively looking for anyone."

A spokesman has said that they are unable to give a hundred per cent 'all-clear' in terms of missing people, after an American fighter jet crashed into apartments in Virginia.

Rescue services have finished their search for residents of the apartment complex that was hit by a fighter jet after searching through the night.

Virginia Beach Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Riley said officials are now attending to the needs of the up to 63 residents whose apartments were destroyed, and finding long-term housing for them.

All residents of an apartment complex for the elderly in Virginia that was destroyed when a US Navy fighter jet crashed into it, have been accounted for, a rescue chief has said.

Only one resident is still in hospital and is in good condition though believed to have broken bones

The U.S. Navy have said that the jet "suffered a catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during a training flight.

Three residents of the Mayfair Mews complex for the elderly remain unaccounted for.

Authorities have confirmed that 7 people were injured, not including the pilots.

New amateur footage has emerged of the fires caused by a crashed US fighter jet.

The onlooker who filmed the pictures above appears shocked at the damage caused by the resulting blaze before being asked to leave his building.

Six people have been taken to a hospital with injuries after a Navy F-18 fighter crashed into a Virginia Beach, Virginia, apartment complex, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Both crew members ejected. One of them was in good condition and the other was in fair condition, said Emma Inman, a spokeswoman for the Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.

Among other people hurt was a firefighter.

Injuries included smoke inhalation, she said.