EP-3E crew completed security checklist, made a no-flaps landing

The crew of the U.S. Navy EP-3E that made an emergency landing at China's Hainan Island last weekend completed its procedures to erase sensitive data tapes and hard drives before the pilot landed the plane with no flaps, two damaged engines, and no airspeed indicator, The DAILY has learned. The nose...

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