What are the series of incidents related to the crash?
The plane was found to be an E-2D Hawkeye, which is a Navy plane that crashed around 7:30 p.m. in the proximity of Chincoteague and Wallops Island, Virginia. This was updated through a brief statement issued by the Navy on Thursday morning. A Navy officer has reportedly said that the plane was leading a routine flight operation.
The plane crash site lies in Chincoteague Bay, very close to the Eastern shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland; the Fire Department cited this in Ocean City, Maryland. This site is around 150 miles in the southeastern direction of Washington, D.C.
As per the Navy’s statement, one crew member died in this aircraft crash, and the Fire Department drivers in Worcester County, Maryland, helped recover the body. The Maryland State Police rescued the other two crew members and sent them to Wallops Island to treat their injuries, reportedly non-life-threatening in nature.
The Navy has updated that the investigation to find out the root cause of the Navy plane crash continues. Till now, the Navy has not released the identity of the crew members. It stated that the crashed plane was assigned to the Eastern Coast Airborne Command and its related Control Squadron. The aircraft in the discussion was based at Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval complex in the world.
What do we know about the E-2 Hawkeye series aircraft?
According to the Navy, the E-2 Hawkeye series aircraft denotes the planes characteristically used for air interdiction, surveillance, and related warning functions. These E-2 planes are designed with a space for five crew members. The 57 feet long E-2D model is the recent model in this series.
It is observed that the U.S. Navy aircraft have been involved in multiple crashes since the start of the year 2022. In the previous month, a helicopter that a military contractor steered had crashed on a training mission in Hawaii; all four crew members were killed.
In the initial days of March 2022, the U.S. Navy reported that it had found an F-35 aircraft that crashed when it was trying to land on an aircraft carrier in January. This fighter jet had fallen into the South China Sea after the crash.
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