USN to help Swiss investigate 2015 F/A-18D crash

The Swiss military has enlisted the help of the U.S. Navy to investigate the cause of the crash of a F/A-18D in October, 2015.

Swiss Air Force F A-18D J-5235 (3600582227)
By Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK (Swiss Air Force F/A-18D J-5235Uploaded by tm) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

One of the engines had stalled during flight but the stall warnings did not activate until 24 seconds later.

Investigators say the pilot was at fault for failing the recover the jet in time.