Deadly plane crash that killed 14 sailors on USS Nimitz happened 40 years ago today

WAVY News 10's Kayla Gaskins reports.

[@zardozyo]

No one thought to include the full date (year) of the incident. First rule of journalism.

[@allgood6760]

Tragic😔

[@Someone-lf7iz]

Is there a way to get in contact with him? My dad was also severely injured in that accident and recently passed away. I’d like to get information to him in case they knew each other.

[@patsmith8523]

Flight deck operations are dangerous enough in the day light hours. Night ops add an entirely new dimension to those dangers. When you have only minimal lighting, it is really easy to get hurt or killed. The sky is black and the water is even more so. I spent my last cruise working nights. Depth perception is a must.

[@melissabowers6268]

My father was on the ship then. What a somber anniversary. Don't take cold medicine and go flying at night.

[@dpass1982]

thats the part that they left out. the pilot was using drugs and still went up. my father was one of the 40 you suffered burns and almost died that night. he has since passed in 2008.

[@Saungi]

My dad was also on that ship and he mentioned the guy was sick and had taken cold meds but was also pressured into going back to training from higher ups. My dad said he had just finished up his shift on the flight deck and was walking down some steps when he heard the crash. That guy should have been in bed resting.

[@danielmalloy6093]

I was there on a general quarters fire hose station below decks, forward galley. One of my mess scullery members was killed on the flight deck fighting the fire. His last name Ionnetti. He was a good man. I thought I would be called to fight this fire, but wasnt. The fire was so intense it melted the helmet to the pilots head. My first view of fire victims in body bags. Very sad. Specifics of the crash were hearsay, so I cannot comment.

[@kurtisvieth6462]

a lot of things went wrong that night i was 18

[@bigrichzsr]

RIP Uncle Tico !!

[@timothyvlasak351]

While this was happening, my mother was giving birth to me

[@deuce38]

These Talking heads nauseate me. They are obtuse and know nothing usually of what they speak.

[@user-pq7eg4cw5u]

I tough nimitz was sunk in ww2

[@mangothemagnet27]

Nimitz wasn’t even commissioned in WW2

[@darinallen338]

Admiral Nimitz was CINCPAC in WW2.