Naval aviation plagued by 'disturbing' trend of ground mishaps

Military Times: The Navy’s air boss announced that “Class C” ground mishaps in naval aviation have doubled in the past decade, and he’s made eliminating the mistakes his current No. 2 priority — behind the continued efforts to eliminate cockpit physiological episodes.

Class C mishaps are those in which total property damage falls between $50,000 and $500,000, or an incident that causes a sailor injury the warrants missing a day or more of work.

Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller, head all naval air forces, identified the increase of the mishaps in this year’s annual aviation safety message to all aviation commanders and commanding officers on May 3.

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