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US Navy plane carrying 11 crashes into Pacific Ocean off Japan; 8 rescued
By: Anna Fifield, Yuki Oda - Washington Post - 11-23-17
RE: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11946925

Eight people have been rescued and are in "good condition" after a U.S. Navy transporter plane carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan, the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said Wednesday.

The search for the remaining three is continuing.

This is the latest accident to befall the 7th Fleet, which is based in the Japanese port of Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, and has endured multiple collisions at sea this year, including two involving guided-missile destroyers that left 17 sailors dead.

The C2-A Greyhound aircraft was on a routine flight from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in southern Japan to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, which is currently in the Philippine Sea on exercises with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force. It crashed at 2:45 p.m. local time Wednesday, the 7th Fleet said in a statement. The cause of the crash was not immediately known and an investigation would be carried out, it said.

The eight who were rescued were transferred to the Reagan for medical evaluation.

The Reagan crew and Japanese forces were conducting search and rescue operations Wednesday afternoon (local time) and trying to recover the remaining crew and passengers.

"The Maritime Self-Defense Force is currently searching with U.S. forces," Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said, according to public broadcaster NHK. "We received information from U.S. Forces that the cause is possibly engine malfunction."

Onodera voiced concern about the frequency of aircraft accidents involving U.S. forces, saying he would ask the American military to take more care with safety. This was an apparent reference to last month's crash on Okinawa, when a transport helicopter caught fire during a training flight and crashed just 300 yards from houses. No one was injured.

The C-2 is a twin-engine cargo plane designed to transport people and supplies to and from aircraft carriers. It crashed 93 miles northwest of Okinotori island, about halfway between Okinawa and Guam, according to the Okinawa Defense Bureau.

The 7th Fleet has been carrying out exercises linked to the recent rise in tensions with North Korea. This month, for the first time in a decade, it carried out a three-carrier strike exercise in the sea between Japan and the Korean Peninsula - a show of force that North Korea has decried as warmongering.

The crash is the latest in a string of accidents to befall the 7th Fleet this year, including two collisions involving guided-missile destroyers that left 17 sailors dead.

Ten were killed when the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore in August, and seven died when the USS Fitzgerald ran into a much heavier container ship off the coast of Japan in June.

The month before, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain collided with a South Korean fishing vessel off the Korean Peninsula and the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam ran aground in Tokyo Bay in January.

Most recently, a Japanese tug lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold, another guided-missile destroyer, during a towing exercise just last week. No one was injured on either vessel and Benfold sustained minimal damage, the 7th Fleet said in a statement on Nov. 18.

The 7th Fleet has about 50 to 70 ships assigned to it and is responsible for an area that spans 36 maritime countries and 48 million square miles in the Pacific and Indian oceans, according to the Navy.

The admiral in charge was removed from his position after his commanders lost confidence in his ability to lead and the Navy's top admiral ordered a fleetwide review of seamanship and training in the Pacific after the McCain collision.

A survey of sailors on the USS Shiloh, a cruiser, released last month painted a damning picture of life in the 7th Fleet, where sailors say they are overworked and undertrained.

"I just pray we never have to shoot down a missile from North Korea," one sailor lamented, according to the Navy Times, "because then our ineffectiveness will really show."

The crew members described dysfunction from the top, suicidal thoughts, exhaustion, despair and concern that the Shiloh was being pushed to sail while vital repairs remained incomplete, the paper reported.
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Follow Up: Three people still missing after US Navy aircraft crash
Re: http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11...aircraft-crash

Search and rescue crews are searching for three people who are missing after a U.S. Navy transport plane crashed Wednesday into the Philippine Sea southeast of the island of Okinawa.

Eight of the 11 people aboard the plane were rescued and remain in good condition aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, according to a statement by the Navy.

Ships and aircraft from the Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan are continuing to search the area for the three missing people. The names of those who are missing are being withheld, pending notification of family members.

How did it happen?

Around 2:45 p.m. Japan Standard Time, the aircraft crashed while conducting a routine transport flight for passengers and cargo from the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni to the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). As the plane approached the carrier, the distance to it was apparently miscalculated, a Navy public affairs officer told CNN

he cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Tough year for the Navy
A series of incidents in the past year has caused the deaths of 17 sailors, CNN reported:

● In August, Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin was removed as the commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan.

● Ten sailors died following a crash in August between the destroyed USS John S. McCain and a merchant ship near Singapore, according to published reports.

● Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald hit a cargo ship off Japan. A Navy investigation determined the fatal accidents were avoidable.

● In May, the USS Lake Champlain, a guided missile cruiser, was struck by a South Korean fishing boat during operations near the Korean Peninsula, according to CNN. No injuries were reported in that incident.

● In January, the USS Antietam ran aground, damaged its propellers and spilled hydraulic oil into waters off of the coast of Japan. No one was injured during the mishap, but the oil spill caused environmental concerns.
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