Search continues for 2 crew members in Navy plane crash
TOKYO -- Rescue crews Sunday searched for two missing crewmen from a U.S. Navy plane that plunged into the northern Arabian Sea while trying to land at night on the aircraft carrier Midway.
Ed Evans, spokesman for the U.S. Forces in Japan, said three crew members of the plane -- an E-2C Hawkeye early-warning aircraft -- were rescued from the water after the plane crashed during the landing attempt Saturday. It was not known whether they were injured.
Evans said search and rescue teams were looking for two missing crewmen, whose identities were not revealed.
The Midway operates out of a base in Yokosuka, about 25 miles southwest of Tokyo. Evans said the plane crashed during a 'routine' night operation.
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