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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 22, 2017 20:37:51 GMT 12
from The Washington Post....U.S. Navy plane carrying 11 crashes into ocean near OkinawaThe Navy is conducting search and rescue operations, cause of crash still unknown.By ANNA FIFIELD | 2:47AM EST - Wednesday, November 22, 2017In this October 21, 2017 file photo, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is escorted into Busan port, South Korea, after completing a joint drill with the South Korean military. — Photograph: Jo Jung-Ho/Associated Press.TOKYO — A U.S. Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed into the ocean southeast of Okinawa on Wednesday afternoon, the Seventh Fleet said.
The aircraft was traveling to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, which is currently operating in the Philippine Sea, when it crashed. The cause of the crash is not known, the Seventh Fleet, based in the Japanese port of Yokosuka, said in a statement.
The Reagan crew is conducting search and rescue operations and trying to recover the crew. The names of the crew and passengers are being withheld while next of kin are notified.• Anna Fifield is The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tokyo, focusing on Japan and the Koreas. She previously reported for the Financial Times from Washington DC, Seoul, Sydney, London and from across the Middle East.www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-navy-plane-carrying-11-crashes-into-ocean-near-okinawa/2017/11/22/719b198c-cf58-11e7-8447-3d80b84bebad_story.html
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 22, 2017 20:38:57 GMT 12
NOTE: That is the initial “breaking news” version of the story.
It will no doubt be expanded as more information comes through.
Click on the link at the bottom of the story to read updated versions as they are published.
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Post by isc on Nov 22, 2017 21:49:36 GMT 12
The latest is that 8 have been found, but no indication as to whether they are dead or alive, the search for the other 3 goes on. The aircraft was a C-2 Greyhound. isc
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 23, 2017 12:24:07 GMT 12
Thanks isc, I was wondering what the aircraft was - the link my wife showed me had a Hornet of some kind.
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Post by isc on Nov 23, 2017 15:13:07 GMT 12
Someone thought it would be an Ospry(?spelling),it wasn't. isc
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