Man loses entire family in jet crash

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The family destroyed by the crash of a Navy jet on their San Diego home moved into the house near the end of a Miramar Air Station runway just a month ago.

The only survivor, Don Yoon, 37, was at work when his wife, two daughters and mother-in-law died. The South Korean immigrant visited the charred remains of his house Tuesday with relatives, his minister and other members of his church, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

"Nobody expected such a horrible thing to happen, especially right here," a sobbing Yoon told reporters.

Yoon and his wife, Youngmi Lee, bought the house and moved a month after their second daughter was born.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash. A Navy pilot on a training flight from the carrier Abraham Lincoln suffered only minor injuries after ejecting from his F/A-18D Hornet.

Questions include why the pilot, after one engine malfunctioned, decided to head to Miramar instead of taking the over-water approach to the North Island Naval Air Station. Another is what went wrong that prompted him to ditch instead of landing with one engine.