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Navy aircraft crashes in Virginia waters; 1 dead, 2 injured
Navy aircraft crashes in Virginia waters; 1 dead, 2 injured
By FOX 5 DC Digital Team and Louis Casiano | Published March 30, 2022 10:39PM | Updated March 31, 2022 11:11AM
OCEAN CITY, Md. - A U.S. Navy aircraft with three people aboard crashed in waters near the Eastern Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland on Wednesday evening, killing one, authorities said.
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Myers, a public affairs officer with Naval Air Force Atlantic, told The Associated Press the plane was conducting routine flight operations in the vicinity of Wallops Island, Virginia, when it went down around 7:30 p.m.
Navy officials are investigating the cause of an aircraft crash off the Virginia coast that killed a one person and injured two others. ... Two injured people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and one was found dead in the aircraft, U.S. Navy E2-D Hawkeye, Myers said.
The plane, an advanced tactical airborne early warning aircraft, is based out of Naval Station Norfolk and assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron.
© 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
By FOX 5 DC Digital Team and Louis Casiano | Published March 30, 2022 10:39PM | Updated March 31, 2022 11:11AM
OCEAN CITY, Md. - A U.S. Navy aircraft with three people aboard crashed in waters near the Eastern Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland on Wednesday evening, killing one, authorities said.
Lt. Cmdr. Rob Myers, a public affairs officer with Naval Air Force Atlantic, told The Associated Press the plane was conducting routine flight operations in the vicinity of Wallops Island, Virginia, when it went down around 7:30 p.m.
Navy officials are investigating the cause of an aircraft crash off the Virginia coast that killed a one person and injured two others. ... Two injured people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and one was found dead in the aircraft, U.S. Navy E2-D Hawkeye, Myers said.
The plane, an advanced tactical airborne early warning aircraft, is based out of Naval Station Norfolk and assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron.
© 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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