Jet strafes Little Egg school
p2pnet.net OT News:- It was an accident.
That’s how the US military descibes an unbelievable incident in which an F16 fighter plane straffed a school at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
A custodian, “called cops after hearing what he described as footsteps on the roof of the building.”
The ‘footsteps’ were 2″ rounds fired by an M61-A1 Vulcan cannon mounted in the F16’s left wing.
“Three or four custodians were in the building at about 10:15 p.m. when six to eight rounds hit the roof – some penetrating into the school – and another five hit the parking lot,” says the Asbury Park Press.
The F-16, assigned to the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, discharged about 25 20 mm rounds from its automatic M61-A1 Vulcan cannon, the story says, going on:
“The accident occurred during a nighttime training mission originating at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The school is 3 1/2 miles away from the target at the bombing range.”
Local Police Chief Mark Siino is quoted as saying eight holes were found in the roof, six rounds in the building and five more outside. None were found beyond school property.
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See:-
straffed a school – F-16 ‘ATTACKS’ N.J., New York Poast, November 5, 2004
eight rounds – Fighter jet rounds hit school roof, Asbury Park Press, November 5, 2004
November 5th, 2004 at 4:34 pm
Can someone tell me what OT is and why a story about a jet shotting at a school is in web page that’s supposed to be about p2p? Thanks
– Confused
November 5th, 2004 at 5:14 pm
cause its a freakin jet shooting a school…
November 5th, 2004 at 5:18 pm
OT is Off Topic. p2pnet often has OT stories just because they’re interesting. OK?
November 5th, 2004 at 7:43 pm
maybe some of the kids where using p2p programs? =)
November 5th, 2004 at 11:49 pm
They were very lucky it was a school holiday.
Usually when the US military “accidently” hits civilian targets such as radio and TV stations, or Al-Jazeera newsrooms, they always claim it was an innocent mistake. This might be the first time ever that it actually was.
November 6th, 2004 at 8:26 pm
so much for precision bombing
November 6th, 2004 at 8:45 pm
“The accident occurred during a nighttime training mission originating at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.”
Which might explain why the F-16 fighter didn’t realise it was a school instead of a target.
I guess someone failed spatial orientation training.
November 7th, 2004 at 5:35 pm
If the school had been open, the kids would probably have used their 9’s and other weaponry to fire back.
heh
Cheers!
November 9th, 2004 at 3:18 am
Wake up. It’s because NJ went strongly for Kerry.