U.S. Jet, 2 Men Missing in Mediterranean Sea
United Press International
NAPLES, Italy —
A U.S. Marine Corps A-6 Intruder jet with two men aboard was missing on a training mission off the carrier John F. Kennedy, the Navy said Sunday.
A Navy spokesman said the aircraft was from Marine Attack Squadron 533 based at Cherry Point, N.C. He said the crew’s identities will be withheld until their families are notified.
A search and rescue mission began when the aircraft failed to return Saturday afternoon to the carrier, which is operating in the western Mediterranean, the spokesman said.
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