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Both aircraft were on routine flight operations, the Navy said, when they went down in the South China Sea only 30 minutes apart.
Dozens of federal aviation investigators are on the ground in Louisville searching the crash site's debris field, which covers nearly a half-mile area.
The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, has entered a third day
Kyle Miller with the Kentucky Air National Guard was among the first on scene at the UPS plane crash site in Louisville. This is his story.
Two U.S. Navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz crashed into the South China Sea in two separate incidents. Now the aircraft carrier is headed back to Washington.
The pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir Wednesday afternoon while scooping up water to fight a nearby blaze, officials said.
The three plaintiffs say the companies were negligent in the crash and are seeking damages for residents within five miles.