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Machine-gun fire raked down the passenger aisle and into the cockpit, wrecking part of the instrument panel. Bullets tore into the back of the plane's engineer as he tried to help the two pilots get the shuddering plane under control; he died on the spot. Another blast killed...
Commander Scott Waddle was in his private hell. His submarine, the U.S.S. Greeneville, had sunk a Japanese fishing vessel off Hawaii, killing nine people. His career in the Navy was over. He was potentially facing a court-martial. His lawyer had told him to remain silent. And still Waddle decided...
But now the man at the center of the tragedy was coming out to testify--even though the Navy had refused to give him immunity for his testimony against any future proceedings. While Waddle spoke, his lawyer, Charles Gittins, sat despondently with his head in his hands, pulling at his...
The Navy, which seems keen to avoid any suggestion of a cover-up, is expected to take six to eight weeks to decide on further action. Opinion polls show the U.S. public does not think Waddle should be court-martialed, and naval history indicates a court-martial is rare for...
Pentagon and Navy officials and pilots uniformly deride the Chinese claim that the lumbering turboprop airplane, which can travel only half as fast as the pair of Chinese F-8s that were shadowing it, was to blame for the accident. "That claim makes as much sense as a guy in...