U.S. Navy E-2C crashes in N. Arabian Sea

MANAMA, Bahrain, March 31 (UPI) -- Searchers report they have picked up three of the four crew members who bailed out of a crippled U.S. Navy plane over the North Arabian Sea Wednesday.

The E-2C Hawkeye suffered a mechanical problem while returning to the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower after a mission over Afghanistan, a Navy spokesman in Bahrain told the Navy Times.

The fourth crew member was still missing about four hours after the crash.

The plane and its crew were attached to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121 in Norfolk, Va.