NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA, Va. (WVEC) -- An F/A-18F Super Hornet that crashed during training in Florida earlier this month was flying on a single engine.
Lt. Cmdr. James Brice Johnson and Lt. Caleb Nathaniel King were on board the jet, which is based at Naval Air Station Oceana. Both aviators died.
Although the Naval Safety Center said only one of the Super Hornet's two engines was operating, it did not say why.
The jet, which is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VFA-213), was on approach to Boca Chica Field at Naval Air Station Key West when it went down on March 14.
