Navy Plane Crash

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Published: Sat, March 15, 2008 - 9:15 pm
Saturday, March 15, 2008Officials say it will be Monday before they release the names of two Navy pilots killed Friday in a cras north of Birmingham. The pilots were on a training flight when the T-34C Turbomentor crashed on the south rim of Chandler Mountain, near Asheville, Alabama.

The pilots were members of Air Training Squadron 6, based at Whiting Field.

The bodies of the pilots were returned to Naval Air Station Pensacola Saturday night. Autopsies are expected to be completed over the weekend.


Friday, March 14, 2008
The Navy says a plane based at Whiting Field in Milton, Florida crashed north of Birmingham.
The T-34C Turbomentor crashed Friday afternoon, near Ashville, during a routine training flight. Both pilots were killed.
The names of the pilots have not yet been released.
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