TOKYO (AP) — One of two crew members recovered after two U. S. warplanes collided and crashed off Japan’s coast early Thursday is dead…
TOKYO (AP) — One of two crew members recovered after two U. S. warplanes collided and crashed off Japan’s coast early Thursday is dead and five others remain missing, the U. S. military said.
The Marine Corps said the other recovered crew member was in fair condition.
Both were in an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet that collided with a KC-130 Hercules refueling aircraft during training at about 2 a.m. after taking off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima. The five others were in the KC-130.
The Marine Corps identified the dead crew member on Friday as Capt. Jahmar Resilard, 28, of Miramar, Florida, an F/A-18 pilot with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242.
The Marines said in a statement that the two planes were involved in routine training, including aerial refueling, but that it was still investigating what caused the crash.
