Wreckage recovery operations entered a fourth day Wednesday, and the Navy is calling on the public to report debris, as Navy explosive ordnance disposal and diving teams trawl San Diego Bay for what remains of an EA-18 Growler that went down in the water Feb. 12.
The first pieces of the plane were pulled up Feb. 16, the first day of salvage ops, according to officials with U.S. Third Fleet, which has purview over naval assets and personnel in the eastern Pacific.
Officials did not immediately respond to questions about how many pieces of wreckage have been recovered to date or how many personnel were involved with the effort, but the command estimates salvage and recovery operations will take some two weeks to complete.
The Growler, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron-135, out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, crashed around 10:15 a.m. local time near San Diego’s Shelter Island while attempting a landing.
