Navy grounds Super Hornets, Growlers
Navy grounds Boeing jets after unspecified incident in western Washington.
Carl PrineCarl PrineContact Reporter
The Navy temporarily grounded its fleet of F/A-18 E/F/ Super Hornets and E/A-18G Growlers following what officials call an “on-deck emergency” Friday morning in western Washington.
A Navy Growler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 132 was damaged and both of its aircrew suffered unspecified injuries during a ground accident that involved the jet’s canopy shortly before an 11 a.m. takeoff Friday at the Whidbey Island air station on Puget Sound, according to Navy spokeswoman Cmdr. Jeanette D. Groeneveld.
A Whidbey Island search and rescue helicopter raced the “Scorpions” crew to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for evaluation.
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