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F/A-18 Crash Timeline

The following is a timeline of the events leading to the crash of an F/A-18 fighter jet in Univerity City, December 2008:

11:11 a.m. -- Plane takes off from the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln

11:16 a.m. -- Five minutes out, the right oil pressure caution light comes on

11:21 a.m. -- The carrier gives the pilot the order to divert to North Island -- 90 nautical miles out

11:28 a.m. -- Shutdown of the right engine 89 nautical miles out

11:36 a.m. -- 61 nautical miles out, the 'fuel lo' caution indicator goes on

11:39 a.m. -- 50 nautical miles to North Island, the pilot makes contact with squadron

11:41 a.m. -- 41 miles to North Island AMAD caution light goes on

11:47 a.m. -- 'Left boost lo' caution light is on

11:50 a.m. -- 13,000 feet begins descent , 18 nautical miles out

11:51 a.m. -- Right engine crossbleed

11:57 a.m. -- Flameout, three nautical miles to Miramar

11:57:42 a.m. -- Plane crashes
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