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Thoughts and Prayers to HSC-6

Total bummer!

Lot easier to get out from the cargo area than the two seats up front. In a ditching that unexpected, a few seconds delay can make all the difference. Hope the Navy can find out how they went from touchdown on the destroyer's deck to ditching. That's a question that needs a good answer.

Ken
 
From what I've read, the ship's flight deck pitched up at the moment of landing...as a former small flight deck crewman I've witnessed this back in the day and being an unexpected event, damage to personnel and aircraft is likely. What a tragedy...
 
Last word was the search has been called off, both pilots are listed as KIA. Prayers with the unit and families.

The report should be interesting to see, class Alphas are never good things but hopefully the next time, and we know that there will be a next time, what is learned will save lives.
 
I remember something someone told me a while back, "If it was easy, everyone could do it!"

Landing on a pitching ship is never easy, and the pads on those ships are postage stamps in comparison. What I'm saying is surprise it doesn't happen more often than it does and the only reason I can think of is the skill of the people doing it.

Ken
 
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