Navy pilot missing after fighter jet crashes in California's Death Valley

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An FA-18E Super Hornet flies through Death Valley National Park.
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A Navy fighter jet crashed in Death Valley National Park on Wednesday morning, and the search is still on for the missing pilot.

The FA-18E Super Hornet went down in an area known as Star Wars Canyon, where people like to stand on an overlook to watch as military planes conduct low-level training flights. After the crash, park rangers discovered that seven bystanders had been injured, although it is unclear how they were hurt, NBC News reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.