Private Jet Crashes near California Naval Base

A small jet plane owned by a private company crashed on its approach to landing at a military base in Southern California on Wednesday, killing the pilot, a fire official said. The Hawker Hunter aircraft went down in a strawberry field near Naval Base Ventura County in the area of Point Mugu, said Bill Nash, a spokesman for the county fire department. The pilot on board was declared dead at the scene of the crash, which did not injure anyone on the ground or involve another plane, Nash said.