C-2 down off Okinawa

A C-2 Greyhound, carrying 11 passengers and crew to the USS Ronald Reagan crashed off Okinawa. The carrier is conducting search and rescue operations. The C-2 should float at least long enough for people to get off in the event of a water landing due to the shape of the fuselage.

From the sounds of the statement by the Navy, the aircraft ditched and at least some of the people on board got off. One statement said that personnel recovery is underway and they will be evaluated, while another said 3-4 may be missing.

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It would appear that 8 have been rescued, and three are missing, but that hasn't been confirmed by the Navy.

Passengers? That makes it sound like the carrier is a vacation cruise ship. Weren't they military personnel? Wasn't the Ron Reagan buzzed by Russian nuclear bombers Sunday?

a reply to: TinfoilTP

They're still passengers on the aircraft. They're not crew of the aircraft, and they're not cargo, so that leaves passengers.

Are the passengers of US nationals?

a reply to: musicismagic

They're either service members that are serving on the carrier, or tech reps going out to work on the carrier, so yes.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: musicismagic

They're either service members that are serving on the carrier, or tech reps going out to work on the carrier, so yes.

Thanks for letting me know.

a reply to: Zaphod58

So now the real question, who needed to die and what did they know.

a reply to: Zaphod58

If the rear ramp is damaged the C-2 sinks like a rock. I hope that they all got out and are found.

a reply to: Zaphod58

That is the same area Jack Weeks went missing isn't it?
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Coinsidence?

I just read a report that said 8 people have been rescued, and 3 are still missing.

a reply to: Cauliflower

It's also the same area that several aircraft have gone down in out of Okinawa.

a reply to: JIMC5499

Even though they're old as hell, I might be able to think of one Greyhound crash. They are reliable as hell.

a reply to: Thorneblood

Right, because there's no other reason for a plane to crash.

originally posted by: Thorneblood
a reply to: Zaphod58

So now the real question, who needed to die and what did they know.

I'm betting it was sailors, techs, and part needed to keep a CBG at sea. Not targets of some global cabal. My thoughs are with them along with the SAR people as they look.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I've never heard of one crashing and I keep track of that stuff. I just hate riding in them because the passenger seats face backwards.

a reply to: Zaphod58

My old Navy buddies have said the same thing. The C-2 has been extremely reliable and mishap free. That there are 8 survivors tells me that the aircrew must have put the aircraft in the water in a somewhat controlled manner. Don't you think?

a reply to: cosmania

Yeah, they had to have been under control when they went into the water. There's no way 8 people survived otherwise.

a reply to: JIMC5499

The last crash of one looks like 1973 in Greece.

a reply to: Zaphod58

It didn't take long for this crash to be listed on Wikipedia.

Thinking in the vein of "The Hunt for Red October", just wondering if this could be a cover story to explain why we have search and rescue on the scene. Could it be they found the missing "Argentine" sub?

Sorry, I've been reading too much of this Q stuff