We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The crew departed Patuxent River NAS on a night exercise with a US Marine Ship. While cruising at an altitude of 500 feet, the airplane nosed down and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, some 231 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Few debris and the dead body of the captain were found floating on water. No trace of the rest of the crew was found. Probable cause (official findings): Due to lack of evidence, it was not possible to determine the exact cause of the accident. Nevertheless, altime
Lockheed P-3 Orion · 14 fatalities