Navy E2C Hawkeye crashes in Virginia

[Feng Leng]

Navy Pilots and Crew Escape from Hawkeye Before It Crashes in Virginia

All four crew members are safe. But what went wrong?

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A U.S. Navy airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft crashed on Monday during a training flight over Virginia. All four crew members safely egressed from the aircraft and were rescued on the ground. The Navy has yet to indicate what caused the plane—the largest aircraft stationed on an American aircraft carrier—to crash.

At 3:50 p.m. on Monday, the Hawkeye went down on Wallops Island, the location of a NASA flight facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. A video from a local news station showed the aircraft plummeting to Earth, followed by a black cloud of smoke.

The E-2C Hawkeye normally flies with a crew of five: a pilot, copilot, combat information center (CIC) officer, aircraft control officer, and radar officer. The CIC, aircraft control, and radar officers sit in the rear of the plane monitoring data from the AN/APS-145 radar system.

 

[Bengal71]

How did they egress? Do they Have ejection seats on those planes?

 

[Metal 0-1]

How did they egress? Do they Have ejection seats on those planes?

No

 

[Khan vilatey]

How did they egress? Do they Have ejection seats on those planes?

there is a hole in the cockpit or they can use the doors,

they wear parachutes to jump out of the door each crew member has One

kv

 

[Pak_Sher]

Navy Pilots and Crew Escape from Hawkeye Before It Crashes in Virginia

All four crew members are safe. But what went wrong?

www.popularmechanics.com

A U.S. Navy airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft crashed on Monday during a training flight over Virginia. All four crew members safely egressed from the aircraft and were rescued on the ground. The Navy has yet to indicate what caused the plane—the largest aircraft stationed on an American aircraft carrier—to crash.

At 3:50 p.m. on Monday, the Hawkeye went down on Wallops Island, the location of a NASA flight facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. A video from a local news station showed the aircraft plummeting to Earth, followed by a black cloud of smoke.

The E-2C Hawkeye normally flies with a crew of five: a pilot, copilot, combat information center (CIC) officer, aircraft control officer, and radar officer. The CIC, aircraft control, and radar officers sit in the rear of the plane monitoring data from the AN/APS-145 radar system.

Very unfortunate. May the fallen rest in peace.