Practice Bomb Dropped On Virginia Beach

Inert Bomb Harms No One

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The Navy said a small, inert training bomb fell Tuesday from an fighter jet that was heading to Oceana Naval Air Station. No one was hurt.

The Navy said the bomb landed near a warehouse in the resort city of Virginia Beach. Minimal damage was reported.

The F/A-18C Hornet was returning to Oceana following a training mission at the Navy's bombing range in Dare County, N.C., when it dropped the bomb. The jet landed safely.

Naval authorities were investigating.