Coast Guard continues attempts to recover wreckage of Navy plane
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CORPUS CHRISTI — The Coast Guard on Sunday began retrieving the wreckage of a Navy plane that crashed Oct. 28, taking the life of two pilots, including an East Troy man.
The body of Lt. Bret Travis Miller of East Troy was recovered Oct. 30 about 11 miles north of Port Aransas.
Lt. Joseph Houston of Houston was recovered Wednesday.
the Corpus Christi Caller reported that the wreckage of the T-34C Turbomentor training plane was difficult to recover because of suction from mud on the floor of the Gulf, officials said.
Crews are expected to continue the process today. Any parts recovered will be taken to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi for investigating.
The wreckage was to be removed on Saturday, but Coast Guard cutter Harry Claiborne was working on other operations in the gulf, said Petty Officer Charles Reaves, Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi.
Also, rough seas from recent storms would have prohibited Navy divers from reaching the wreckage, which is about 40 feet under water, officials have said.
Source: the Corpus Christi Caller
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