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Navy divers recovered the plane by cutting it into sections and preparing each section to be lifted with a sling. A crane lifted each section out of the water, and barges transported the aircraft pieces offsite.
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The crash killed one of the three sailors on the plane, Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, of Airborne Command and Control Squadron VAW-120. The two others were rescued by Maryland State Police, who found them injured and on top of the partly-submerged wreck.
One person died and two more were injured when a Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye crashed in the water near Chincoteague, Virginia.
Friends and colleagues fondly remember Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, the U.S. Navy pilot who was killed last week in the crash of a E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft in Virginia.
According to a bipartisan commission, the U.S. military experienced more than 6,000 aviation mishaps from 2013 to 2019, killing 224 pilots and aircrew members.