Navy crash at NAS Meridian
Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss., reported a T-45C Goshawk jet aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing 1 crashed Sept. 7 at approximately 1:15 p.m., CDT, while conducting a training flight.
The student and instructor pilot were able to eject safely near the airfield aboard NAS Meridian.
NAS first responders have been dispatched to the scene of the mishap and both pilots were subsequently taken to a local medical facility for evaluation.
Flights canceled for military drills in Russia’s south
Russian airline companies have cancelled dozens of flights and four airports are planning brief closures as Russia hosts massive military exercises in the south and the annexed Crimean peninsula.
Russia on Sept. 5 launched six days of military drills involving 12,500 troops, fighter jets, anti-aircraft missiles and other weaponry. The defense ministry said in a statement it dispatched more than 30 military aircraft Sept. 7 to check the readiness of Russia’s air defense in the south.
Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot says it was cancelling six flights scheduled for Thursday from Moscow to the south because of the exercises. Other airlines canceled about 20 more flights.
Four airports in the south, including one in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, said they would close briefly the morning of Sept. 8 because of the drills. AP