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3 remain missing after U. S. Navy transport plane goes down in Pacific Ocean

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According to initial reports, the plane suffered a rare twin-engine failure 575 miles south of Okinawa, near the end of a routine run out to the carrier Ronald Reagan
Three people were still missing Wednesday night, after a U. S. Navy transport plane went down in the Pacific Ocean. Eight others were rescued.
According to initial reports, the plane suffered a rare twin-engine failure 575 miles south of Okinawa, Japan, near the end of a routine run out to the carrier Ronald Reagan.
The fact that eight aboard survived suggests the pilot was able to make a controlled landing in the water.
The plane was near the end of its flight to the carrier, so helicopters were on the scene a half hour after it went down. The search for the three missing continued into the night.
The plane is called a C-2 Greyhound, but is widely known as a COD (carrier onboard delivery). For more than 50 years, the Navy has used it to deliver people and parts to aircraft carriers at sea.

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