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On November 20, 2023, a US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft, after a routine training flight, flew past the runway in Hawaii and landed in the bay behind it with a crew of 9 people. on board. The command was going to repair it, but it was destined for a different fate.
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The US Navy was unwilling to abandon the expensive machine. During a complex rescue operation costing about $1.5 million, specialists pulled the P-8A out of the water a little less than two weeks after the accident. At the time, they were still optimistic about the aircraft's recovery.
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Rear Admiral Kevin Lennox, who led the investigation into the accident, said:
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However, the efforts required to rebuild the P-8A would ultimately prove unjustified. According to unofficial data, exposure to salt water led to serious corrosion damage to the structure, engines, and electronics, so repairs against this background no longer seemed appropriate.
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As a result, the vehicle with the tactical designation YD-561 was only five years old when it was scrapped: it made its first flight on May 30, 2020. In a video posted online, the US Navy showed how the plane collapses into scrap. This was the first loss in the P-8A Poseidon fleet.
