Navy pilot rescued after ejecting from jet off Virginia coast | Latest Travel News
NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA, Va. (WAVY) — A Navy pilot is recovering after ejecting from an F/A-18E Super Hornet Wednesday morning off the coast of Virginia.
LT Jackie Parashar, a public affairs officer for Naval Air Force Atlantic, confirmed to WAVY the mishap passed off just before 10 a.m.
The pilot, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, was conducting a routine training flight at the time, the Navy said. The squadron is based at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach. The pilot ejected and the airplane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The Navy has not indicated yet what led to the crash.
Search and rescue crews responded and situated the pilot at 11:21 a.m.
Dale Gauding, a spokesperson for Sentara, confirmed the Coast Guard introduced a Navy pilot to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Wednesday. The Navy only confirmed the pilot went to the hospital for medical analysis. They didn’t present particulars on the pilot’s condition.
The F/A-18E stays in the water at this time.
The Navy said the trigger of the mishap is under investigation.
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This is the latest in a sequence of crashes involving Hampton Roads-based Navy fighter jets. In May, an F/A-18F Super Hornet was misplaced in the Red Sea after it went over the Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman plane service during an tried touchdown, and crashed into the sea. Both pilots ejected. About a week earlier, another fighter jet, an F/A-18E, also fell from the Truman into the Red Sea while sailors have been towing the plane.
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In December, an F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 out of Naval Air Station Ocean, was shot down during an obvious “friendly fire” incident. That jet also took off from the Truman.
According to Naval Air Systems Command, the F/A-18E Super Hornet prices around $67 million.
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