FLORIDA : F-16 That Crashed Took Long Route
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The F-16 fighter that crashed and killed a 4-year-old boy was taking a roundabout route to an Air Force base because of evacuations caused by Hurricane Bertha, officials said. The Fighting Falcon was among 49 planes being evacuated to Eglin Air Force Base, about 45 miles east of Pensacola, from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., when it crashed into a house about a mile from Pensacola Regional Airport.
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