WASHINGTON — This week’s crash of a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier attack jet, the second in five days and the fifth this year, has prompted renewed concern about the accident-prone plane at the ...

built AV-8B Harrier II developed by McDonnell Douglas ... But the engineering fix for a problem noticed before 1999 failed to prevent the crash. Marine investigators could not determine when ...

USMC Harrier Loss is Fourth U.S. Military Aviation Aircraft Loss in 2019. A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft crashed in a wooded area on Monday, May 20, 2019 near Havelock, North ...

A command investigation into the Sept. 22, 2016, crash of a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier off Okinawa found that the pilot abruptly lost control of the aircraft around 13,000 feet, spiraling until ...

ATLANTA — An AV-8B Harrier attack jet that crashed into ... It was one of three major accidents in 2002 involving the crash-prone Harrier, which can take off and land vertically.

SALT SPRINGS – Military investigators combed through the wreckage of a Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier jet Monday ... determine the cause of the crash. The Harrier, according to military experts ...

The following is the Marine Corps’ full statement on the May 20, 2019, Harrier crash: MCAS CHERRY POINT, NC — A 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, AV-8B Harrier based out of Marine Corps Air Station ...

The following is the complete April 3, 2018 statement on the crash. An AV-8B Harrier pilot is receiving medical care after ejecting during takeoff from Djibouti Ambouli International Airport ...

An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 21, 2016. VMAT-203’s mission is to train Marine Corps aviators to ...

The commander of III Marine Expeditionary Force in the Pacific ordered a squadron of AV-8B Harrier aircraft ... Thursday's crash was the third major Harrier mishap in just seven months for the ...

An AV-8B Harrier, like the one seen here ... the command release detailed. The site of crash has been cordoned off and the incident is under investigation, the release said.

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier crashed May 20 near Havelock, North Carolina, and the pilot ejected safely from the aircraft. The Harrier belongs to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing based out of Marine ...