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http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/09/29/lost.fighter.01/index.html
U.S. Navy jet crashes in Persian Gulf; pilot missing
Search and rescue teams find some plane debris
September 29, 2000
Web posted at: 1:09 PM EDT (1709 GMT)
From Jamie McIntyre
CNN Military Affairs Correspondent
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The pilot of a single-seat U.S. Navy fighter jet that crashed in the Persian Gulf on Friday -- shortly after taking off from the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier -- is missing, Navy officials told CNN.
The pilot of the F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter lost communications with the aircraft carrier shortly after roaring off the deck at 10:30 a.m. local time for a routine test on carrier landings, according to a statement issued by the Navy.
Navy Cmdr. Jeff Gradeck said that small fragments of wreckage have been found in the water by search and rescue teams. The search for the pilot continues, although night has fallen in the Gulf.
Search and rescue helicopters and four ships assigned to the Fifth Fleet are participating in the search effort, said Gradeck, the spokesman for the Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain.
The Abraham Lincoln, aided by other naval units in the northern Gulf, launched a search effort immediately after communications were lost with the pilot, the Navy said. The Navy was not specific about the location.
The pilot's name was not being released immediately and the incident was under investigation, the statement said.
The aircraft carrier's home port is Everett, Washington. It arrived on station in the Gulf on September 24 to relieve the USS George Washington. The single-seat fighter jet was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/09/29/lost.fighter.01/index.html
U.S. Navy jet crashes in Persian Gulf; pilot missing
Search and rescue teams find some plane debris
September 29, 2000
Web posted at: 1:09 PM EDT (1709 GMT)
From Jamie McIntyre
CNN Military Affairs Correspondent
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The pilot of a single-seat U.S. Navy fighter jet that crashed in the Persian Gulf on Friday -- shortly after taking off from the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier -- is missing, Navy officials told CNN.
The pilot of the F/A-18C Hornet strike fighter lost communications with the aircraft carrier shortly after roaring off the deck at 10:30 a.m. local time for a routine test on carrier landings, according to a statement issued by the Navy.
Navy Cmdr. Jeff Gradeck said that small fragments of wreckage have been found in the water by search and rescue teams. The search for the pilot continues, although night has fallen in the Gulf.
Search and rescue helicopters and four ships assigned to the Fifth Fleet are participating in the search effort, said Gradeck, the spokesman for the Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain.
The Abraham Lincoln, aided by other naval units in the northern Gulf, launched a search effort immediately after communications were lost with the pilot, the Navy said. The Navy was not specific about the location.
The pilot's name was not being released immediately and the incident was under investigation, the statement said.
The aircraft carrier's home port is Everett, Washington. It arrived on station in the Gulf on September 24 to relieve the USS George Washington. The single-seat fighter jet was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 14.