The article failed to mention that the aircraft had an all-female crew.
A ‘safe and effective’ recovery???
Dang women drivers.
Here’s another article with pics.
1. 1 mile visibility. 21 knot gusts. No mention of.crosswind component.
2. Fuselage was not submerged.
https://theaviationist.com/2023/11/22/p-8-overshoots-runway-in-hawaii/
3. Considered a hull loss at this point. First one in history of p-8 deployments.
4. No mention of gender of PIC yet.
The fact checkers say it wasn’t an all female crew, so that means it probably was.
Interesting sidelight...
I looked up the VP-4 squadron in question, and the CO is identified as Cdr. Matthew “Bromance” Fannin.
https://www.airpac.navy.mil/Organization/Patrol-Squadron-VP-4/
Makes you wonder.
When you don’t use the best pilots to fly expensive aircraft, accidents happen...
Did we mention that it has been stuck in Kaneohe Bay for two weeks?
Well it was a spy plane. Maybe the mission was to search for submarines.
How can you crash a 737 Boeing Series aircraft? They are the easiest Boeing aircraft to fly and land ever made.
Could’ve called Yoda...
Jus’ sayin’...
Yay diversity!
I would hate to be the pilot on that crew. Or any of the flying crew. And the poor folks “in the back” must be laughing their asses off.
Women drivers?
UPDATE: a USN spokesperson stated the aircraft was only lightly damaged and should return to service.
See near the end of this Navy Times article: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2023/12/04/navy-raises-crashed-p-8a-poseidon-aircraft-from-hawaiis-kaneohe-bay/
The USN was apparently very concerned about damage to the coral reef.
and all it’s electronics are junk... right?
How the pilot pees is irrelevant. Either way, dumping the bus into the bay is the sort of thing that turns up in your OER. Good thing is that nobody got killed.