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 by Ed Adamczyk Washington DC (UPI) Jun 21, 2021
The U.S. Navy announced the end of an environmental cleanup after a plane crash near Ricardo, Texas, in May. A Navy T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft assigned to Training Squadron 22 of Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, struck another aircraft in a mid-air collision and crashed on May 17. Two aboard the T-45 were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, while the other plane, also a T-45, safely returned to the base. The wreckage was removed on May 22, and returned to NAS Kingsville for examination. Monday's statement by the Navy said the environmental cleanup was concluded on June 16. Members of the Navy On-Scene Coordinator program for Navy Region Southeast, headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., assisted safety and investigation teams, and evaluated the site to determine if the remote area required special equipment for remediation. The area received a record 13 inches of rain in the days following the crash. "Soil samples were taken and lab tests conducted as part of the environmental cleanup," the Navy statement said. "The Navy OSC team walked through acres of land, picking up visible debris and conducted additional soil testing on site." The T-45 Goshawk is a tandem-seat jet trainer, used since 1991 to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots in the intermediate and advanced stages of their instruction, with an emphasis on tactical strike missions and arrival and departure on aircraft carriers. Built by Boeing and BAE Systems, the plane is 39 feet long with a wingspan of nearly 31 feet. The aircraft is powered by a Rolls-Royce turbofan engine, and can approach speeds of 625 miles per hour.
Behind Airbus-Boeing truce lies a common rival: China Paris (AFP) June 20, 2021 While the United States and Europe waged a 17-year trade battle over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus, China poured money into its own commercial aircraft to take on the Western aviation duopoly. It took a common threat for the US and Europe to finally put an end to their dispute this past week, as the two sides signed a five-year truce suspending tit-for-tat tariffs. US President Joe Biden made it clear during his visit to Brussels on Tuesday: Washington and Brussels must "work together to challe ... read more
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