Two more Navy jets crash, one from Virginia Beach

Two more Navy jets crash, one from Virginia Beach

(EXCERPT) By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot © March 30, 2004 |
Last updated 2:01 AM Mar. 30

Tw o more jets crashed Monday, including an F-14 Tomcat from Virginia
Beach, bringing to four the number of Navy aircraft lost in the past
six days. In each case, the pilots and crew ejected safely, suffering
relatively minor injuries. No one on the ground was injured. Monday’s
accidents involved a Georgia-based F/A-18 Hornet that crashed in
Tennessee and an F-14 Tomcat based at Oceana Naval Air Station that
went into the ocean off Long Beach, Calif. Last Wednesday, a Beaufort,
S.C.-based Hornet was lost off the South Carolina coast. On Friday, an
Oceana-based Hornet burst into flames just before attempting to take
off from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina. The
accidents have come without any explanation from officials, who said
they are studying the incidents. Often following such a rash of
mishaps the Navy will order a safety stand down. As of Monday evening,
no such orders had been issued, but it is possible officials are
considering it, said Mike Maus, a spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet
Naval Air Force in Norfolk. Monday’s accidents happened at about the
same time – 2 p.m. Eastern time. Shortly after takeoff, the F-14
Tomcat, assigned to the San Diego-based carrier John C. Stennis,
radioed that it had engine trouble. The jet, from fighter squadron 31,
was directed to lan...

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