UPDATE: Navy Identifies Aircrew in Southern Alabama Crash

25 October 2020

The U.S. Navy has identified the two-person aircrew killed in a crash Friday in Foley, Alabama, as U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30 years old from Wixom, Michigan, and U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett, 24 years old from Weddington, North Carolina.

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Navy has identified the two-person aircrew killed in a crash Friday in Foley, Alabama, as U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30 years old from Wixom, Michigan, and U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett, 24 years old from Weddington, North Carolina.

U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett, a student naval aviator. Garrett died Oct. 23, 2020, when he T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed in Foley, Alabama. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, an instructor pilot, stands in front of a T-6B Texan II primary flight trainer aircraft at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Fla. Ross died Oct. 23, 2020, when her aircraft crashed in Foley, Alabama. (Courtesy photo)

A U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed in a residential area of Foley at approximately 5 p.m. CDT Oct. 23. No civilians were injured as a result of the crash.

Local and Navy emergency personnel responded to the scene to secure the area and ensure the safety of the local community. The Navy is working with local authorities to investigate the incident.

Ross, an instructor pilot, and Garrett, a student aviator, took off from Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Milton, Florida, on a routine training flight. Their spirit, friendship, and devotion to their country will not be forgotten.

Members of the media with queries on this incident should contact Cmdr. Zach Harrell, Commander, Naval Air Forces Public Affairs Officer at (619) 726-3749 or zachary.harrell1@navy.mil.

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