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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... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 30 Mar 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...8180&ran=15588 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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