{"id":32612,"date":"2018-11-21T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/21\/one-year-later-still-no-answers-in-greyhound-crash-that-killed-three-sailors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:23:32","slug":"one-year-later-still-no-answers-in-greyhound-crash-that-killed-three-sailors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/11\/21\/one-year-later-still-no-answers-in-greyhound-crash-that-killed-three-sailors\/","title":{"rendered":"One year later, still no answers in Greyhound crash that killed three sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday marks one year since a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/12\/08\/navy-to-deep-dive-for-lost-c-2a-sailors\/\" target=_blank>C-2A Greyhound airplane crashed<\/a> in the West Pacific as it flew to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot, Lt. Steven Combs, managed to land the aircraft in the water, and most of the 11 on board were rescued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Combs, Aviation Boatswain\u2019s Mate (Equipment) Airman Matthew Chialastri and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Bryan Grosso were never found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One year later, these fallen sailors and the Greyhound remain at the bottom of the Philippine Sea, roughly three nautical miles below the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Navy officials say a nearly unprecedented salvage mission remains in the works, the families are still left without answers this Thanksgiving, left to struggle with the absence of their loved one, unsure of why this happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth Combs, Steven Combs\u2019 older sister, is one of those loved ones awaiting answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut not for us,\u201d she said. \u201cHis friends whom he loved dearly are still flying. We never want this to happen to another family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/12\/08\/navy-to-deep-dive-for-lost-c-2a-sailors\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Greyhound.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Special dive team to search for sailors killed in November plane crash<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Salvage experts will look for the aircraft that crashed en route to the carrier Ronald Reagan on Nov. 22 in the Philippine Sea, killing three sailors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combs takes a small comfort in the fact that eight of the 11 personnel on board were rescued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomeone said once that it was a miracle that eight survived,\u201d Combs said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a miracle. It was my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials with the Navy\u2019s Japan-based 7th Fleet have offered periodic updates on the mission to recover the lost sailors and the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said a command investigation has been completed, but Combs said her family has not been offered a copy of the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family has not received any kind of official Navy update on the effort in eight months, she said, and they rely on Combs\u2019 unit mates and commanders to keep them posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStevie was fortunate enough to have wonderful friends, commanders, and a skipper that have kept us informed,\u201d said Combs, an Air Force officer. \u201cWithout them, we would be in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recovery won\u2019t be attempted until this spring, according to 7th Fleet spokesman Lt. Joseph Keiley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remains of one of the sailors has been located but not identified, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wreckage sits 18,500 below the surface, and a special winch had to be found for the deep mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy sent a special dive team to the site in December. Officials announced that the transport aircraft had been located in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/06\/navy-locates-crashed-c-2a-greyhound-deep-on-pacific-seabed\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17343151113972.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy locates crashed C-2A Greyhound deep on Pacific seabed<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. Navy has located a transport aircraft deep on the Pacific Ocean floor where it crashed in November, killing three sailors on board.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite very challenging conditions, every effort will be made to recover the aircraft and our fallen sailors,\u201d a Navy official told the Associated Press in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keiley said weather is a challenge to the salvage mission and that a contracted vessel still needs to be identified to carry out the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to Navy Times questions, he echoed verbatim the same comment given to the AP earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite very challenging conditions, every effort will be made to recover the aircraft and our fallen sailors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grosso\u2019s father, Jeff, a retired command master chief and ordnanceman, said he appreciates the fact the Navy is still pressing forward on the daunting recovery mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUntil they bring the plane up, we won\u2019t know the whole investigation,\u201d the 51-year-old said. \u201cThree people not getting out, and my son was a very strong swimmer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel he was probably in the wrong part of the aircraft when they hit, but I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know any of that yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Thanksgiving, like other families of those who fell in the line of duty, those who loved Combs, Chialastri and Grosso are left with memories and an inconsolable ache at a what is supposed to be a time of joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grosso said he and his wife have no Thanksgiving plans this week, other than visiting their 18-year-old son\u2019s memorial marker at Naval Air Station Pensacola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is a difficult time,\u201d he said. \u201cThat old saying, \u2018you don\u2019t think it would happen to you or your family,\u2019 really goes a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u201cOne hell of a pilot\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Growing up in Massachusetts, the youngest child of three with two Navy parents, Steven Combs had wanted to fly \u201csince he knew how to talk,\u201d his sister, Elizbeth Combs, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He loved piloting the Greyhound and the challenge involved in landing \u201con a postage stamp in the middle of the ocean,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 28-year-old had initially been wary of getting stationed in Japan, but the assignment was an honor since he was \u201ctop stick\u201d in his class, Combs said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven fell in with a group of other pilots and maintainers in Japan who were all named Steve, and when they flew out together, they were the \u201cFlight of Steves,\u201d Combs said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/26\/navy-working-to-finalize-greyhound-to-osprey-transition\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HRQROWFG7JDXJJCW5QYVWDX3MA.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy working to finalize Greyhound-to-Osprey transition<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The plan is to replace the aging C-2A Greyhounds with new V-22 Ospreys over the course of the next decade.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The junior officer was nearing the end of his Japan tour when the crash occurred, his sister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While he had made sure to hike Mount Fuji and taken in the solemnity of Hiroshima, he was ready to get back to the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Combs family has seen generosity in the assistance of the Wingman Foundation that helped the family fly to Japan after the accident and assisted in getting Steven\u2019s unit back to the states for his funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Combs said their family has had to battle the Navy over Steven\u2019s Servicemember Group Life Insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven took in stray dogs, and loved skiing and country music, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was kind and compassionate, Combs said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStevie mattered,\u201d she said. \u201cLiving a life that matters doesn\u2019t just happen, it\u2019s a privilege and it\u2019s earned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u201cDad, I got it\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryan Grosso was just 18 and new to a life in uniform when the Greyhound crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His father, Jeff Grosso, was also an ordnanceman, and his son had always been fascinated with the military growing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBryan was determined probably toward the age of five or six to go into the military,\u201d Grosso said. \u201cI was all for it. The Navy provided for my family and I thought that\u2019s a great way for him to start out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryan loved it when he got in, and he knew what to expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had long talks about it, how to do a good job,\u201d Grosso said. \u201cHe goes, \u2018dad, I got it. I totally understand where you were coming from.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bryan adapted to any situation and could make the best of anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He played lacrosse in high school and helped his dad with wrenching on cars and household projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHonestly, I think he would have exceeded me,\u201d said Grosso, who did 30 years in the Navy. \u201cHe had a great start to his career. He knew what to do and knew how to jump in there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew Chialastri\u2019s family could not be reached for this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But last year, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native\u2019s former high school classmates and teachers remembered him as an effortlessly intelligent student and JROTC cadet who enlisted after graduating in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe could have had any scholarship he ever wanted to any school,\u201d classmate Dakota Ball was quoted as saying in The Advocate newspaper. \u201cHe could\u2019ve went anywhere he wanted, but he just believed that serving our country was first. 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