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Body of T-34 Pilot Found

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS091102-08
Release Date: 11/2/2009 11:21:00 AM

From Chief of Naval Air Training Public Affairs

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (NNS) -- The Coast Guard recovered the body of one pilot from a Navy T-34C Turbomentor training aircraft Oct. 30.

Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call at approximately 4:40 p.m. with a report of something spotted in the water.

The Coast Guard immediately launched an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Corpus Christi and dispatched a 25-foot Response Boat-Small from Coast Guard Station Port Aransas to the reported position, 11 miles northeast of Port Aransas, Texas.

The body of the deceased pilot was recovered and transported to Coast Guard Station Port Aransas to await Navy personnel. The identity has been confirmed.

The search continues for the second pilot.

Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call Oct. 28 from the Navy Corpus Christi base tower reporting that an air traffic controller had lost communication with a T-34 training aircraft at approximately 3:20 p.m.