Navy aircraft crashes in Virginia waters; 1 dead, 2 injured

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Navy aircraft crashes in Virginia waters; 1 dead, 2 injured

By FOX 5 DC Digital Team and Louis Casiano | Published March 30, 2022 10:39PM | Updated March 31, 2022 11:11AM

OCEAN CITY, Md. - A U.S. Navy aircraft with three people aboard crashed in waters near the Eastern Shore boundary of Virginia and Maryland on Wednesday evening, killing one, authorities said.

Lt. Cmdr. Rob Myers, a public affairs officer with Naval Air Force Atlantic, told The Associated Press the plane was conducting routine flight operations in the vicinity of Wallops Island, Virginia, when it went down around 7:30 p.m.

Navy officials are investigating the cause of an aircraft crash off the Virginia coast that killed a one person and injured two others. ... Two injured people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and one was found dead in the aircraft, U.S. Navy E2-D Hawkeye, Myers said.

The plane, an advanced tactical airborne early warning aircraft, is based out of Naval Station Norfolk and assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron.

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1. Navy identifies officer killed in plane crash off Va. coast

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Navy identifies officer killed in plane crash off Va. coast

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April 2, 2022, 4:59 AM

The Navy identified the service member killed in a plane crash Wednesday near Chincoteague in Accomack County, Virginia.

Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, who reported to the Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120 out of Norfolk, died when a E-2D Hawkeye plane crashed into the water during a routine exercise near Wildcat Marsh at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Hanlon had been in the Navy for five years since being commissioned out of Arizona State University in 2017. He reported to VAW-120 in Virginia in January 2021, the Navy said.

Cmdr. Martin Fentress Jr. said in a statement Friday that the squadron appreciates the public respecting Hanlon’s family privacy during “this difficult time.”

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WTOP’s Alicia Abelson contributed to this story.

Jose Umana
José Umaña is a digital editor for WTOP. He’s been working as a journalist for almost a decade, covering local news, education and sports. His work has appeared in The Prince George’s Sentinel, The Montgomery Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, PressBox and The Diamondback.

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