2 Hornets crash in Persian Gulf, crews safe

[unhappycamper]

2 Hornets crash in Persian Gulf, crews safe
Staff report
Posted : Monday Jan 7, 2008 15:44:08 EST

Two F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets from the carrier Harry S. Truman collided in midair over the northern Persian Gulf on Monday afternoon. Rescue teams saved the three aviators involved in the crash and safely returned all three to the ship.

The two planes — a single-pilot F/A-18E and a two-seat F/A-18F from the Truman’s embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 — were flying over the Gulf en route to a close air support mission in Iraq when the two Super Hornets crashed into each other, according to an official Navy statement.

The Super Hornets’ mission to Iraq makes it unlikely their collision was related to an incident Monday at the south end of the Persian Gulf when five Iranian attack boats harassed three U.S. warships emerging from the Strait of Hormuz, said 5th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon via a satellite video link.

The naval aviators returned to the Truman by helicopter for medical treatment and are reportedly in “good condition,” Cosgriff said.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/01/navy_hornets_crash_080107w/



uhc comment: That's only another $114,000,000 down the toilet --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet

[cboy4]

1. Yea, I don't think those crews will be flying anytime soon

after wrecking en route and not during the mission.