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  • U.S. Navy Plane Reported Missing During in-Flight Refueling Exercise off Puerto Rico

    09/11/2002 7:49:51 PM PDT · by knak · 12 replies · 304+ views
    ap ^ | 9/11/02
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A U.S. Navy plane with three officers on board was reported missing during exercises off the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, a Navy spokesman said Wednesday. The Navy searched all day for the S-3B Viking which lost radio contact at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Cmdr. Ernest Duplessis, a spokesman for the U.S. Second Fleet in Norfolk, Va. "It's not clear where it went missing," Duplessis said. The 53-foot plane, used for in-flight refueling and sea surveillance, took off from the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico. Duplessis...