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On what they call mishaps, crashes of planes and ships the navy, army, marines. is this another example of that or something else? >> it is, leland. there has been a spike of u.s. military plane crashes this year and many in congress point to years of budget cuts as the cause. they are now taking a toll. the u.s. military plane crashes are up 38% this year compared to this point a year ago. the navy plane crash comes two days after an air force training jet crashed killing one pilot and injuring another in texas. earlier this month the head of naval aviation told congress half the navy's 542 s...

Planes. what are you hearing? >> there's been a spike in u.s. military plane crashes and many blame years of budget cuts. plane crashes are up 38% compared to this point a year ago. it comes just two days after an air force training jet crashed. earlier this month the head of naval aviation said half of the super hornet jets cannot fly. only 9-33 greyhounds can gry right now. the navy grounded its entire fleet of training jets following a fox news report saying pilots were refusing to fly them. over the summer, the head of the navy japan was fired.

Lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon. lucas. >> it has been about 12 hours since the crash. hundreds of miles out to sea while flying to the uss ronald reagan from japan. defense officials say early indications point to some kind of engine failure as the cause. helicopters aboard the ronald reagan have rescued eight of the 11 sailors on board. three remain missing and the search effort continues but hampered now by darkness. the eight recovered sailors are in good condition on board the aircraft carrier. the crash occurred 575 miles southeast of japan in the philippine sea wednesday afterno...

>> the u.s. has been conducting joint exercises with japan. we're reporting live from the pentagon with the very latest. lucas, when and exactly where did this crash take place? >> the u.s. navy seventh fleet released a saying the crash occurred after taking off from japan while the plane was flying en route to uss ronald reagan have recovered eight of the 11 sailors on board that plane. all 11 on board the cargo plane were sailors. three remain missing. search efforts continue. the eight people recovered are in good condition and expected to fully recover and are on boards the carrier. the cr...

Some sort of engine failure. the u.s. navy says that helicopters aboard the reagan rescued eight of the 11 sailors at sea less than an hour after the crash. three remain missing the search efforts are continuing but they are being hampered by darkness. 8 recovered sailors are in good condition. it is a cargo plane that delivers supplies to the aircraft carriers at sea. first entered service in the late '60s and scheduled to be replaced in the next few daers. it occurred 575 miles southeast of okinawa, japan. japanese military is assisting in the search for the three missing american sailors. t...