Wreckage taken to Navy base for analysis
Federal investigators also identified a violation of Coast Guard regulations that could trigger criminal charges in the California dive boat disaster that killed 34 people.
Federal investigators also identified a violation of Coast Guard regulations that could trigger criminal charges in the California dive boat disaster that killed 34 people.
While the old saw about the captain going down with his ship is more an antiquated notion, there are laws to punish a ship's master who shirks his duty to safely evacuate passengers.
After the Coast Guard halts rescue operations following scuba boat inferno, investigators take over.
The pilot of a U.S. Navy jet fighter that crashed in Death Valley National Park was killed, the military said Thursday.
Seven people near Star Wars Canyon were injured in the mishap, officials said.
For appearing in an inappropriate photo, Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher could face up to four months imprisonment along with a reduction in rank, forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay and a reprimand.
But the military judge hearing the case rejected a request to issue a summary judgment finding the SEAL not guilty of murder and attempted murder.
Special Agent Joseph Warpinski befriended witnesses and encouraged them to speak with each other in violation of standard investigation practices, defense attorneys allege.
Without a body, no autopsy could be performed.
But no one saw him pull the trigger.