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Navy Plane Crashes in Virginia, Killing One Crew Member
A small U.S. Navy aircraft has crashed in Virginia, killing one crew member and injuring two others, the Navy stated early Thursday.
The aircraft, an E-2 Hawkeye, crashed at about 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday close to Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va., the Navy stated in a short assertion. WAVY, a tv station in Virginia, reported that the aircraft had crashed into water.
One crew member was discovered lifeless within the plane, the Navy stated. The opposite two had been rescued and despatched for remedy for accidents that weren’t life-threatening, it stated.
The Navy stated the crash was below investigation. It didn’t launch the names of the crew members, saying solely that their aircraft had been assigned to the East Coast Airborne Command and Management Squadron.
The E-2 Hawkeye is a mannequin usually used for surveillance, air interdiction and different early warning capabilities, in keeping with the Navy. It has house for a crew of 5.