US Navy plane carrying 11 crashes in the Philippine sea en route to aircraft carrier
- A US Navy plane carrying 11 crashed near Okinawa en route to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier.
- This is the latest in a string of deadly crashes for the US Navy's Pacific fleet.
- The plane that crashed was a C-2 Greyhound.
A US Navy plane carrying 11 passengers crashed into the sea southeast of Okinawa, while it was en route to the USS Ronald Reagan, the US's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, on Wednesday.
The accident marks the latest in a string of deadly crashes involving the US Navy's Pacific or 7th fleet. The other crashes have involved the guided missile destroyers the USS Fitzgerald, USS John McCain, and a non-deadly crash involving the USS Benfold.
"Personnel recovery is underway and their condition will be evaluated by USS Ronald Reagan medical staff," the Navy said in a statement.
The downed aircraft, a C-2 Greyhound logistics plane that moves people, mail, and cargo onto the aircraft carriers, suffered engine troubles, a Japanese defense ministry spokesperson told Reuters.
The Greyhound has served with the navy for more than five decades. It will be phased out in favor of tilt-rotor V-22 Ospreys in the near future.
The Navy has withheld the names of those involved in the crash pending next of kin notifications.
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