NORFOLK (AP) -- A sailor from Detroit, Michgan was killed when he was struck by a plane on the flight deck of a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier.

The Navy says the incident happened at 8:16 p.m. Saturday aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which is conducting training exercises off the coast of North Carolina.

Monday afternoon, the Navy released the sailor's name. He's Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Second Class Petty Officer Robert Lemar Robinson, who was 31 years old.

Navy officials tell WVEC.com that Robinson enlisted in the Navy in September 1998. 

Petty Officer Robinson was an aircraft director in USS Eisenhower's Air Department and had been assigned to the ship since January 2008. 

Ike will continue operating in the Atlantic Ocean, in the Cherry Point operations area, as scheduled.

A Navy investigation continues. 

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