A jet crashed into their neighborhood. Now they live in dread below an active flight path.

Srujana McCarty shields her head with her hands when an aircraft flies overhead

Srujana McCarty shields her head with her hands when an aircraft flies overhead.

It’s an involuntary reaction now, much like how her neighbors Aislyn Maupin and Renee Rivera freeze up and fixate on passing planes and jets until they’re out of sight.

They know it’s improbable for an aircraft to plummet from the sky above them.

But one did two weeks ago as they slept.

On May 22, a pilot attempting to land a private jet at an airport nearby struck power lines and crashed into their San Diego military housing neighborhood, killing all six passengers on board, officials said.