ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69485
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Date: | Thursday 29 October 2009 |
Time: | 15:20 |
Type: | Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor |
Owner/operator: | US Navy . |
Registration: | 162247 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | 3 km off Texas Coast -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Corpus Christi. |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Lost contact. Coastguard has deployed a search and rescue operation.
The T34C went missing over the Gulf of Mexico. Its last known position was near San Jose Island east of Rockport, and about two miles offshore.
The aircraft was carrying two instructor pilots.
The search operation was interrupted at one stage by bad weather.
The body of one of the pilots was found and the search for the other has now been discontinued.
Sources:
http://www.pronews.gr/defence/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9441&Itemid=46 (greek)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Oct-2009 07:06 |
nikitas |
Added |
30-Oct-2009 11:59 |
angels one five |
Updated |
07-Nov-2009 01:41 |
angels one five |
Updated |
11-Mar-2010 06:54 |
FISHER01 |
Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
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