Second flameout in recent weeks

A U.S. AIR FORCE F-16C crashed yesterday near Pensacola, Fla., following a n engine flameout. It was the second such failure in less than a month. The pilot in yesterday's incident ejected safely, but initial reports said the jet, from the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw AFB, S.C., crashed into a suburb...

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