U.S. Navy Mishap Costs Soar With Recent Incidents
The recent midair collision between two F/A-18F Super Hornets is the costliest mishap for the U.S. Navy so far this decade, and combined with the fatal F/A-18C Hornet Blue Angels crash earlier this month puts the Navy on pace for its most expensive year for incidents during that time, an Aviation Week analysis of U.S. Navy Safety Center record shows.
Altogether, the Navy has racked up about 1,400 mishaps for about $4.4 billion in damages—or about $3.1 million per incident since fiscal 2009—the analysis shows. From Oct. 1, 2014, through June 3 this year, the Navy has reported 29 mishaps and about $1.2 billion in damages.
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