Mishaps.On 26 January a CH-53E of HMH-361 crashed in Iraq, killing 30 Marines and 1 sailor. An MH-53E of HM-14 ditched at sea while operating in the Virginia Capes area on 25 January, with no fatalities. On 13 January the pilot of an AV-8B ejected safely but the aircraft was lost while operating with HMM-165 aboard Bonhomme Richard (LHD LHD abbr. Latin Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor (Doctor of Humanities; Doctor of Humane Letters) 6) in the Indian Ocean. An SH-60H Seahawk of HS-2 crashed while attempting an emergency landing in Indonesia on 10 January, causing 10 minor injuries but no fatalities. On 1 December 2004, the pilot of a U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Team F/A-18A Hornet hornet: see wasp. ejected safely over the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east . The pilot of an AV-8B Harrier II of VMA-214 ejected safely at MCAS McCune-Albright syndrome (MCAS) A genetic syndrome characterized in girls by the development of ovarian cysts and puberty before the age of 8, together with abnormalities of bone structure and skin pigmentation. Mentioned in: Ovarian Cysts Yuma, Ariz., on 1 December 2004. |
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