A tail section from a U-S Navy fighter jet that crashed three and a half years ago off Key West, Florida, has turned up 4900 miles away on a beach in Ireland.
A retired commercial airline captain discovered the tail piece Friday. The Navy confirmed today that markings on the section, including squadron insignia and a serial number, pointed to the downed F-14 Tomcat.
Currents from the Gulf of Mexico near the tip of Florida might have floated the nearly ten-foot-long triangular piece of vertical stabilizer — one of two on the plane — to the beach in West Cork on Ireland's southern shore.
The F-14 was based in Virginia. It crashed near Key West in the Gulf of Mexico on October third, 2002, during a training mission. Both crew members ejected safely.
Thanks to Debbie for this
2 comments:
thanks debbie..
wow, who woulda thunk it..
That tail piece flaoted so well they're gonna turn it into a boat
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