China News Service, September 1, According to foreign media reports, on August 31, local time, a US naval reconnaissance plane crashed near Wallops Island in Virginia, and all four crew members survived.
US Atlantic Fleet Aviation spokesman Jennifer Cragg (Jennifer Cragg) said in a statement that the aircraft was undergoing a training flight when it crashed at 4:05 pm local time on August 31.
Cragg said that the two pilots and two crew members parachuted from the main cabin door and left the plane safely without major injuries.
She added that preliminary reports showed that no one was injured on the ground and no buildings were damaged in the accident.
According to reports, the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
This incident is not the first time a military plane crash has occurred in the United States in the past year.
A Ministry of Defense official stated that in January 2020, a US military plane crashed in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, killing two people.
In November 2019, two T-38 training aircraft crashed during a "routine training mission" near Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma, killing two Air Force personnel.