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Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Canadian fighter pilot killed in U.S.
Fighter jets at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort have been grounded after two pilots, one of them a Canadian, died in crashes less than 48 hours apart. Capt. Derek R. Nichols, 34, of Tatamagouche, N.S., died in hospital in Savannah, Ga., on Monday evening after his FA-18 crashed earlier in the day while he was landing at the runway next to the air station, U.S. Marine Corps spokesman.

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