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03-03-06, 03:47 PM
Developing Story: Navy aircraft crashes in Oregon
KXLY.com Staff
Last updated: Friday, March 03rd, 2006 01:14:48 PM
PENDLETON, ORE. -- Umatilla County emergency services reports that a plane from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station has gone down in the county.
Public information officer Pete Wells in Pendleton says witnesses saw four parachutes. A dispatcher with the Umatilla County sheriff's office said first word from the scene was that four people aboard survived without serious injury.
The crash occurred at 11:28 in the northern part of Umatilla County.
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is home to the US Pacific Fleet's Electronic Attack Wing Pacific, which includes 14 squadrons of the Navy's EA-6B Prowler Electronic Warfare aircraft, which carry a 4-man crew.
According to the Defense watchdog website Globalsecurity.org, EA-6B Prowler jets from Whidbey Island use the Boardman Bombing Range, which was decommisioned in 2000, for low-level training flights. The Boardman Bombing Range is west of the Umatilla Chemical Depot in neighboring Morrow County.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
GlobalSecurity.org
The EA-6B Prowler is the US Navy's Electronic Warfare aircraft. 14 squadrons of these planes are stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Washington State.
Ellie
KXLY.com Staff
Last updated: Friday, March 03rd, 2006 01:14:48 PM
PENDLETON, ORE. -- Umatilla County emergency services reports that a plane from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station has gone down in the county.
Public information officer Pete Wells in Pendleton says witnesses saw four parachutes. A dispatcher with the Umatilla County sheriff's office said first word from the scene was that four people aboard survived without serious injury.
The crash occurred at 11:28 in the northern part of Umatilla County.
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station is home to the US Pacific Fleet's Electronic Attack Wing Pacific, which includes 14 squadrons of the Navy's EA-6B Prowler Electronic Warfare aircraft, which carry a 4-man crew.
According to the Defense watchdog website Globalsecurity.org, EA-6B Prowler jets from Whidbey Island use the Boardman Bombing Range, which was decommisioned in 2000, for low-level training flights. The Boardman Bombing Range is west of the Umatilla Chemical Depot in neighboring Morrow County.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
GlobalSecurity.org
The EA-6B Prowler is the US Navy's Electronic Warfare aircraft. 14 squadrons of these planes are stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Washington State.
Ellie