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Article: ACCIDENT KILLS NIMITZ CREW MEMBER; 5 HURT.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 19, 1996
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One crew member of the Nimitz was killed and five others were slightly injured when an arresting wire on the aircraft carrier failed during aircraft landing operations in the Gulf of Thailand, the U.S. 7th Fleet said today.
The names of the victims in yesterday's accident were being withheld until relatives had been told, said Natsuko Kaneko, spokeswoman for the 7th Fleet at the Yokosuka naval base, southwest of Tokyo.
The dead and injured were on the deck when the arresting cable failed, a Navy spokesman said late ...