wwwmwww Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 (edited) Sorry... ran out of letters I could use for the topic description. Just wanting to share, Carl Blue Angels Pilot Safe After Crash PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A Blue Angels pilot safely ejected before his jet crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a training flight Wednesday, a spokesman for the Navy precision flying team said. The F/A-18 Hornet went down about a mile off Perdido Key, a barrier island on the Florida-Alabama border, and 10 miles from Pensacola Naval Air Station, where the Blue Angels are headquartered. A rescue team pulled the pilot from the 62-degree water about 10 minutes after the crash. His identity was being withheld pending notification of his family, Blue Angels spokesman Lt. Garrett Kasper said. He was released from the hospital after several hours of observation. The cause of the crash was under investigation. ``We know he had experienced some mechanical difficulties with the aircraft that made it unable for him to return to Pensacola Naval Air Station and he was forced to out-of-control eject over the Gulf,'' Kasper said. Recovery efforts for the $18 million jet were expected to begin Thursday. ``We saw him lose power, and he slowly coasted down,'' Paul Gordon, a Montgomery, Ala., roofer told WPMI-TV in Mobile, Ala. The last crash involving a Blue Angels jet ended in the deaths of two pilots in October 1999. 12/02/04 01:31 © Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Edited December 2, 2004 by wwwmwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Thank goodness he got out safely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingNor Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 is the 1999 crash the one where 3 of the planes followed the wing leader into the ground? i thought all four pilots were killed in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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