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The U.S. Navy will pull some of its nondeployed aircraft from its rotation to conduct safety screenings after a string of crashes in less than a week, according to a weekend announcement.
The “safety pause” will review standard practices and include training on “threat and error-management processes,” according to a statement from the Navy. The decision comes after three crashes so far this month, with two resulting in the death of military members on board.
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“In order to maintain the readiness of our force, we must ensure the safety of our people remains one of our top priorities,” Navy officials said.
A Navy pilot died on June 3 after crashing an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet near an air station in Lemoore, California, according to a statement from Naval Air Force Public Affairs. No civilians were harmed in the crash.
A few days later, on June 8, five Marines were killed after an MV-22B Osprey, belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, went down during a training mission near Glamis, California.
The next day, a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in the desert near the California-Arizona border. All four of the aircrew members on board the MH-60S Seahawk survived the crash, and one was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials are still investigating the causes of each of the crashes but have indicated they don’t believe they are connected.
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“If there’s anything that comes out of the investigation that determines there’s a link, that will be addressed immediately,” Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesman for the Naval Air Forces, told the New York Times.
The Washington Examiner contacted the U.S. Navy for comment but did not receive a response.
