CRASH

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Survivors of Navy Contracted Learjet

Phoenix Air Learjet 35 approaching Naval Air Station North Island in 2009. Photo via Wikipedia

The Coast Guard suspended its search for three people who crashed in a Phoenix Learjet near San Clemente Island, Calif., the service announced Thursday.

The Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force and Customs and Border Protection helped look for the crew and debris from the Navy-contracted plane that took off from Point Mugu Naval Air Station, according to a Coast Guard release. The service narrowed it down to...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/11/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-survivors-of-navy-contracted-learjet

BREAKING: Navy Training Jet Crashes in Texas, Pilot Safely Ejects

A T-45 Goshawk, assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, prepares to land on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on Jan. 20, 2020. US Navy Photo

This post will be updated with additional information.

A Navy training aircraft crashed as it was approaching Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, the service announced Tuesday.

A T-45 Goshawk crashed around noon local time, NAS Kingsville said in a Facebook post. The pilot ejected and no injuries were reported.

The aircraft...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/16/breaking-navy-training-jet-crashes-in-texas-pilot-safely-ejects

Fisherman Dead After Collision With Coast Guard Cutter Near Puerto Rico

USCGC Winslow Griesser, homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico, transits toward the pier in Bridgetown, Barbados, June 7, 2017. US Coast Guard Photo

A fisherman is dead after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter and a fishing boat crashed outside of Puerto Rico Monday.

Carlos Rosario and his brother, Samuel Beltrán were fishing on their commercial fishing boat, Deskata, when it collided with cutter Winslow Griesser approximately 4 nautical miles outside of Dorado, Puerto Rico. The cause of the collision, which...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/09/fisherman-dead-after-collision-with-coast-guard-cutter-near-puerto-rico

Crew Blameless for 2021 MH-60S Crash Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, New Investigation Finds

Sailors who died after an Aug. 31, 2021, MH-60S Knighthawk crash off the coast of California. USNI News Photo Illustration

A failure in the system that keeps a helicopter rotor system stable was responsible for a fatal August 2021 fatal helicopter crash in which five sailors were killed, according to the results of an investigation released this week.

The Navy released the command investigation into the August 31 MH-60S crash that occurred just after the helicopter touched down on the flight deck...

https://news.usni.org/2022/05/04/crew-blameless-for-2021-mh-60s-crash-aboard-uss-abraham-lincoln-new-investigation-finds

Navy IDs Aviator Killed in E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Crash Near Wallops Island

Undated photo of Lt. Hyrum Hanlon.

The Navy identifies the sailor killed in a Wednesday crash of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye on Chincoteague Island, Va., just south of the Maryland border, the service announced on Friday.

Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, assigned to the “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120, was one of three sailors aboard the Advanced Hawkeye when it went down after operating near the Navy and NASA base at Wallops Island, Va., at 7:30 P.M.

The two other sailors were...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/01/navy-ids-aviator-killed-in-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-crash-near-wallops-island

One Dead, Two Rescued After Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Crashes in Virginia

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, attached to the ‘Seahawks’ of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 126, prepares to land on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Dec. 2, 2021. US Navy Photo

A sailor is dead after a Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye crashed Wednesday near Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va.

Two other crew members from the Hawkeye, assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW), were injured, according to a Navy press...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/31/one-dead-two-rescued-after-navy-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-crashes-in-virginia

Hot Shots: Fiery truck crash, sizable snow, huge hail and more

Photo montage of a plane being deiced and someone holding a large hailstone.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a fiery two-truck crash in Atlanta, record-size hail in Australia, South Dakota snow and more.

Log jam

A tractor-trailer fire shut down all lanes of Interstate 285 southbound near the Atlanta airport all day Thursday. WSB-TV reported that the accident happened at the Washington Road exit around 7:45 a.m. ET. The crash involved two...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-fiery-truck-crash-sizable-snow-huge-hail-and-more

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