Sunday, December 18, 2016

U.S. Navy Grounds Super Hornets And Growlers

F-18A Super Hornet. Boeing

Navy Times: All Navy F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets, Growlers grounded after incident injuring aircrew

The Navy temporarily grounded all F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets and E/A-18G Growlers Friday after an aircrew was injured and a Growler damaged in an undisclosed incident Friday at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Navy officials said.

The aircrew of an E/A-18G jet assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 132 was injured in an "on-deck emergency" about 11 a.m. Friday, according to a statement from Naval Air Forces.

Naval Air Forces has temporarily suspended flight operations for all F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets and E/A-18G Growlers as a safety precaution since they share common aircraft systems, according to the Navy statement.

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Update: Navy grounds Super Hornets, Growlers (San Diego Union Tribune)

WNU editor: Details are sketchy on why these planes have been grounded, but I will update when more information becomes available.

5 comments:

Jac said...

That's strange since this plane has a lot of hours of flight. But who knows?

Jay Farquharson said...

Canopy failure resulting in injuries.???????

War News Updates Editor said...

I know Jay. I said the same thing.

Jay Farquharson said...

Canopy failure resulting in injuries for an aircraft sitting on the deck, pretty much means the explosive canopy release went off, with debris, with out any attempt to eject.

Jay Farquharson said...

BTW, MV-22's are "falling out of the sky" as well.