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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

U.S. Navy halts some practice landings after near collision

[E-2C Hawkeye]The Navy has temporarily stopped conducting practice emergency aircraft landings near Norfolk International Airport in the wake of a near head-on collision between an E-2C Hawkeye and a commercial flight earlier this year.

The close call, first reported Friday by WVEC-TV, happened around 11 a.m. on Feb. 9, roughly 4,000 feet above Hampton Roads.

The commercial flight, a US Airways Express DHC-8, which seats as many as 50, was headed to Norfolk International.

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