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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Teresa Watanabe

After series of crashes, US Navy to pause flight operations for safety reviews

The U.S. Navy announced Saturday it would pause all flight operations to conduct safety reviews and training after three recent crashes, including one this week in Imperial County that killed five U.S. Marines.

Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Naval Air Forces commander, has directed more than 300 naval aviation units that are not deployed in the United States or overseas to take a one-day pause June 13 to review their safety procedures and practices.

Deployed units will conduct the review “at the earliest possible opportunity,” the Navy announced.

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