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Navy Training Jet Runs Off Runway; Navy Pilot OK - A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
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From Naval Air Force Pacific Public Affairs
CORONADO, California (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy pilot who safely ejected from a U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk near Naval Air Station North Island at approximately 2 p.m. May 22 has been released from the hospital and is in stable condition.
The pilot, who was safely recovered by local mariners from San Diego Bay, was transported to University of California, San Diego Medical Center for medical evaluation and has since been released.
The pilot was from Training Squadron NINE (VT-9), stationed out of Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi.
The aircraft was conducting routine training in advance of aircraft carrier landing qualifications prior to the mishap.
The Navy is currently working to crane the aircraft out of the water.
A safety investigation will be carried out to determine the cause.
U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christopher Frost
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