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US Navy plane carrying 11 crashes in the Philippine sea en route to aircraft carrier

C-2 Greyhound
C-2 Greyhound

U.S. Navy

  • A US Navy plane carrying 11 crashed near Okinawa en route to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier.

  • This is the latest in a string of deadly crashes for the US Navy's Pacific fleet.

  • The plane that crashed was a C-2 Greyhound.


A US Navy plane carrying 11 passengers crashed into the sea southeast of Okinawa, while it was en route to the USS Ronald Reagan, the US's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, on Wednesday.

The accident marks the latest in a string of deadly crashes involving the US Navy's Pacific or 7th fleet. The other crashes have involved the guided missile destroyers the USS Fitzgerald, USS John McCain, and a non-deadly crash involving the USS Benfold.

"Personnel recovery is underway and their condition will be evaluated by USS Ronald Reagan medical staff," the Navy said in a statement.

The downed aircraft, a C-2 Greyhound logistics plane that moves people, mail, and cargo onto the aircraft carriers, suffered engine troubles, a Japanese defense ministry spokesperson told Reuters.

The Greyhound has served with the navy for more than five decades. It will be phased out in favor of tilt-rotor V-22 Ospreys in the near future.

Sky News reports that eight of the passengers have been found, but no information in regard to their condition has been given.

The Navy has withheld the names of those involved in the crash pending next of kin notifications.

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