Navy fighter jet crashes into Va. apartment complex

Smoke rises from the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012.

Chandler Blake Ferguson took the iPhone picture of the crashing jet while driving on I-264. He told CBS News that the jet was crossing over the highway in stall mode, leaning way back at almost a 50 degree angle. He saw smoke and fuel coming out of the jet. He pulled over and watched the plane crash. On his Facebook page, the photographer wrote, "F18 descending over birdneck road just before it crashed. Taken on hwy 264 while it passed me. Jet was dumping fuel everywhere and blowing white smoke out."

Chandler Blake Ferguson was driving on I-284 when he witnessed the plane crashing.

Smoke rises from the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012. Facebook user Kathy Mateer wrote that she lived two miles away from the site at Rudee Inlet.

Jefferson Lucas Quitazol wrote that he took this picture three minutes after the accident. The jet crashed about 200 feet away from where he lives.

Smoke rises from the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., April 6, 2012.

The burning fuselage of an F/A-18 Hornet lies smoldering after crashing into a residential building in Virginia Beach, Va., April 6, 2012.

Two aviators were able to eject from the jet before it crashed. They were being treated for injuries that were not considered life threatening.

Emergency responders at the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va. on April 6, 2012.

Smoke rises from the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va. on April 6, 2012.

Smoke rises from the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012.

Branden Sherman was able to photograph the chaos near the crash site.

The scene from outside the apartment complex where a Navy F/A-18 Hornet crashed in Virginia Beach, Va.

Smoke rises from the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012.

The two aviators were able to eject from the jet before it crashed. They were being treated for injuries that were not considered life threatening.

This is an overhead view of the site of the fighter jet crash, before the accident.

Emergency responders at the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012.

Smoke rises from the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012.

Emergency responders at the crash site of an F/A-18 Hornet after the jet crashed into an apartment building in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, April 6, 2012.