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Family of aircraft carrier sailor who died by suicide files lawsuit
« on: July 18, 2024, 02:02:43 pm »
Family of aircraft carrier sailor who died by suicide files lawsuit
By Diana Stancy
 Jul 18, 2024, 05:02 AM
 

Sailors assigned to air department aboard the aircraft carrier George Washington man the hose team during a general quarters drill, in Newport News, Virginia April 7, 2023. (MC3 Nicholas A. Russell/U.S. Navy)
A lawsuit filed by the survivors of a sailor who died by suicide aboard the aircraft carrier George Washington alleges that the Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries failed to provide adequate living conditions aboard the ship.

Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Mitchell-Sandor is one of at least three sailors that died by suicide aboard the carrier in April 2022 as the ship underwent an extensive maintenance overhaul.


Mitchell-Sandor’s father, Janos Sandor, filed the lawsuit in March against the U.S. government, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., and Huntington Ingalls Incorporated. Sandor is seeking compensatory damages of $60 million.

The lawsuit alleges that the Navy and HII neglected to provide Mitchell-Sandor “with basic necessities of daily living required to maintain his physical and mental health while engaged in activities that were not incident to military service.”

However, HII filed a motion to dismiss the case in May, due to a lack of jurisdiction since it was filed in Connecticut, and both Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., and Huntington Ingalls Incorporated are headquartered in Virginia.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/07/18/family-of-aircraft-carrier-sailor-who-died-by-suicide-files-lawsuit/
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Re: Family of aircraft carrier sailor who died by suicide files lawsuit
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2024, 03:54:32 pm »
I only recently found out that crew live aboard inoperative ships for YEARS while they're being refit or like a few nuclear carriers and nuclear subs, awaiting refueling.

No power, no A/C, no hot food, no water, and all too often no liberty. Seems needlessly cruel to me.
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