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Navy Plane Crashes Along Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Killing One Crew Member
The five-seat plane crashed on Wednesday evening with three crew members on board, the Navy said. Two were rescued.
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A small U.S. Navy plane crashed on Wednesday evening along Virginia’s Eastern Shore, killing one crew member and injuring two others, the authorities said.
The plane, an E-2D Hawkeye, crashed at about 7:30 p.m. near Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va., the Navy said in a brief statement early Thursday morning. The Associated Press quoted a Navy officer as saying that the plane had been conducting routine flight operations.
The plane crashed in Chincoteague Bay near the Eastern Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland, The A.P. reported, citing the Fire Department in Ocean City, Md. The crash site is about 150 miles southeast of Washington, D.C.
One crew member was found dead in the aircraft, the Navy’s statement said, adding that divers from the Fire Department in Worcester County, Md., helped to recover the body. The other two crew members were rescued by the Maryland State Police and sent to Wallops Island to receive treatment for injuries that were not life-threatening, the statement said.