Navy training jets collide over Texas 2 hours ago
Two T-45 Goshawk training jets collided in mid-air Monday over Texas. Two of the jets are shown here in 2019. (Navy) Two U.S. Navy T-45 Goshawk training aircraft collided in mid-air over Texas Monday morning, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. The incident occurred over Ricardo at about 11 a.m., according to a message posted to the Chief of Naval Air Training’s social media accounts. One Goshawk was able to land safely at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, while the other aircraft’s instructor and pilot ejected about nine miles south of the base, according to the post.
august and says they have made modifications like adding a new carbon monoxide removal teal and t-45s have a new warning system for pilots. how was your feeling when you were asked to take over this, being somebody out there flying jets and be in the midst of combat operations? when i looked at it, it s a trust and confidence given to me to do this mission. probably the most important thing going on in naval aviation. i feel a heavy responsibility combined with just really wanting to lean into the problem and get to work. admiral select joiner says the navy is leaning into this problem. t-45s have flying a again although several incidents have been recorded. as for hornets, they never stopped flying. they say unconstrained resources are going into this. shepard: that s good news. leah, thank you. we ll be right back.
shepard: the navy has fired the u.s.s. john mccain s top two officers almost two months after the deadly collision with an oil tanker. the navy lost confidence with the commander there. officer alfredo sanchez and executive officer jesse sanchez. no relation. they have a new low-level pair of jobs in japan. the collision killed ten sailors and injured five others, this happened in august near singapore. the navy reports it s still investigating the crash but officials say it was preventible. that s a conclusion on their part. they say the two officers showed poor judgment and poor leadership. fox news getting an unprecedented look inside a navy research lab. investigators are looking into problems with the life support systems in some jets. the planes under investigation include the t-45 training jet. in april, some pilots were so concerned for their own safety and those of their fellows on the jets that they refused to
our own leah gabriel seeing results of that review and spoke to the navy s number two officer about them. lee. a the bottom line the navy can t say when the t-45 the only jet trainer will start flying again. reports says finding a solution to the problem have, quote, proved allowive. in other words, there isn t one yet. the issue is with the basic life support systems with the t-45 trainer and f-118 hornet. reports of incidents where pilots and crew became impaired on the rise. increasing 90% in some models last year alone. i visited naval air station oceania in virginia beach for exclusive look at the latest technology being used to train f-1 pilots to handle aircraft system failures that have been plaguing the fleet. peel off the nose there. the breathing device allow he is pilots to experience