One individual was useless and two had been rescued after a Navy plane crashed off Virginia on Wednesday, officers stated.
The E-2D Hawkeye went down round 7:30 p.m. between two islands on the Delmarva Peninsula, Naval Air Force Atlantic stated in a press release.
The plane, based mostly at Naval Station Norfolk and assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron, was on a routine train earlier than the crash, (*1*)a Navy spokesman informed NBC affiliate WAVY of Norfolk.
Two crew members rescued by the Coast Guard had been being handled for non-life-threatening accidents, the assertion stated.
A 3rd one who was not recognized was discovered useless in the plane, the assertion stated.
It wasn’t instantly clear what induced the crash.