VS-41

0 Comments | Naval Aviation News, March, 2001 | by Amy L. Pittmann, | Ed Wright

On 23 May 2000, a civilian twin-engine turboprop plane ran out of fuel, forcing the pilot to ditch off the coast of California at night. A combined Naval Reserve and active duty flight crew of a VS-41 S-3 Viking from NAS North Island, Calif., conducted a radar and visual search and found the pilot standing on top of the fuselage waving a small flashlight.

He was picked up by an HSL-43 SH-60B Seahawk five minutes before the plane sank.

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