Virginia
Divers recover Navy plane that crashed off Virginia coast
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. (AP) — Navy divers have recovered an plane that crashed final month within the water off the Jap Shore close to the Virginia-Maryland line.
The E-2D Hawkeye was conducting routine flight operations within the neighborhood of Wallops Island, Virginia, when it went down round 7:30 p.m. on March 30.
The crash killed one of many three sailors on the aircraft, whereas the opposite two had been rescued by Maryland State Police, who discovered them injured and on high of the partly submerged wreck.
Divers reached the aircraft on Tuesday and reduce it into sections that had been lifted onto barges and brought from the realm.
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In a photograph offered by the Ocean Metropolis Hearth Division, emergency employees participate in a rescue operation after a U.S. Navy E2-D Hawkeye plane crashed in waters close to the Jap Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland, close to Stockton, Md., Wednesday, March 30, 2022, killing one individual, authorities mentioned. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two different individuals. (Ryan Whittington/Ocean Metropolis Hearth Division by way of AP) -
Barges, carrying what’s left of a crashed Navy E2-D Superior Hawkeye plane, makes its approach to a NASA facility in Wallops Va., Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The aircraft crashed final month killing one crew member with two crew rescued. The aircraft was primarily based out of Norfolk, Va. (AP Photograph/Patrick Henderickson) -
Barges, carrying what’s left of a crashed Navy E2-D Superior Hawkeye plane, makes its approach to a NASA facility in Wallops Va., Tuesday April 12, 2022. The aircraft crashed final month killing one crew member with two crew rescued. The aircraft was primarily based out of Norfolk, Va. (AP Photograph/Patrick Henderickson)
