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

An FA-18E Super Hornet flies through Death Valley National Park.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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 is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.