Porkchop, I haven’t seen a lot of info on this since the plane was reported missing except that after finding the plane they were still looking for the aviators (which to me indicated they may have ejected) - was there any discussion on weather at the time of the accident?
——Two Naval aviators-—killed: This story just stays weird. Just yesterday the Navy announced the pilots were declared dead. Not found-—just dead. No info on whether they bailed, and Mt. Rainier is a big, rough place. No info on how the plane went in; hard, flat, or what? Not much snow yet but they could have buried in a high glacier? And they might have bailed a long way from Rainier. If a Growler has anything, it’s comms so why not airborne contact. And they haven’t said anything about being in a group, or not? Just halfaxxed weird all the way around?
***Porkchop, I haven’t seen a lot of info on this since the plane was reported missing except that after finding the plane they were still looking for the aviators (which to me indicated they may have ejected) - was there any discussion on weather at the time of the accident?
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I don’t know what the weather was like in the area when the mishap occurred. Apparently they had eyes on the crash site within a day or so after it occurred, however it took a few days to access it due to the rugged terrain.
Sadly, when they didn’t hear from or rescue/recover the aviators right off the bat, I feared the worst - that they didn’t make it out of the aircraft.
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