[MilCom] Acft 703 has lost his right canopy; now on IFE divert to Jax

[Greg Brazil]

703 would be a S3 Vicking.
Greg (SF Bay Area)

AllanStern at aol.com wrote:

> It is 8:13pm EST (0113z).
>    Acft 703 among the group from the carrier has just announced  he has an 
> IFE and must divert to Jacksonville immediately. His emergency is  "right canopy 
> has departed from the aircraft."  He informed Sealord on  267.5 and is now up 
> on 284.5.  
>    I heard him inform another aircraft about the incident as soon  as it 
> happened, and the pilot was quite calm about it. . .not totally calm, but  
> considering the emergency he took it pretty good and descended to 10,000  feet.  I 
> guess when you land an F/A-18 in the middle of the night on a  moving ship that 
> is tossing and turning in a wild ocean, losing  a canopy is just another event 
> in your day. 
>  
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