# Navy Jet Crash **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-jet-crash/55495 "2001-02-22T18:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-jet-crash/55495/1 "2001-02-22T18:52:46Z")
There is a report on the news about a Navy jet that crashed near the U.S.S. Eisenhower, killing both pilots. [http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/02/22/navycrash.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/02/22/navycrash.ap/index.html) I wonder if Chief Scott knew these guys. Maybe it explains why he hasn’t posted anything in the last couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-jet-crash/55495/2 "2001-02-23T02:04:16Z")
Yes. I’ve been quite busy the last two days being a Navy PA type. To make matters worse, we had distinguished visitors aboard at the time of the crash. Let a couple of days pass, bring it up again, and we can discuss this further. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-jet-crash/55495/3 "2001-02-23T03:16:23Z")
I pretty much figured that you, being the public relations man on board, were probably busier than a one-armed coat hanger right now. Military plane crashes always scare me because I have a couple of relatives who are military pilots (one is an Air Force pilot, the other an Army helicopter pilot), and my step-dad is an airplane mechanic for the Air Force too. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-jet-crash/55495/4 "2001-02-23T04:32:15Z")
Oh man . . . This is hitting me pretty hard. My roommate Matt went to UPT with Capt. Sanders at Vance. He’s leaving this weekend to go back to Vance for the services. I feel bad because I took the original call last night while my roommate was out of the house. I didn’t know exactly what happened at the time, but I don’t ever want to tell someone to call a friend because “someone got hurt -bad”. . . My prayers to the family. Tripler ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-jet-crash/55495/5 "2001-02-23T07:01:10Z")
I’m in the same boat as you ShadowFox, except my brother is a Naval fighter pilot, so reading that made my heart skip a few beats. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-jet-crash/55495/6 "2001-02-23T07:47:55Z")
Damn! That’s bad news to get, **Chief**. I’m sorry to hear it. Let us know what you can when you can. If aircrew perished, they did so in a fine tradition of the American military maintianing the readiness to respond to the demands that our position requires. I mean that, but it somehow sounds hollow if your dealing with the lives of your shipmates. I’m sorry to hear it.