Navy Early Warning Plane Damaged After Hitting Parked Super Hornet on Carrier Deck

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Navy Early Warning Plane Damaged After Hitting Parked Super Hornet on Carrier Deck
 
11 Sep 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins

Two Navy aircraft were damaged when one of the planes struck the other while attempting to land on an aircraft carrier in the North Arabian Sea.

An E-2C Hawkeye with Carrier Air Wing 17 "made partial contact" with an F/A-18F Super Hornet parked on the flight deck of the carrier Nimitz on Aug. 24, said Lt. Cmdr. Liza Dougherty, a spokeswoman for Carrier Strike Group 11.

No personnel were injured in the mishap, she added, which happened at about 4:30 p.m. local time.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/11/navy-early-warning-plane-damaged-after-hitting-parked-super-hornet-carrier-deck.html

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This is not that uncommon during deployment. On our WESTPAC in 74-75 we had a E-2 tangle in rotating chopper blades. The Flight Deck is very chaotic during operations. No injuries, the E-2 bingoed to Cubi and we continued ops.