Fatal Helicopter Crash Underscores Hazards Of Marines' Mission Training -- Christian Science Monitor
Thirteen Marines have died since October in serious aviation accidents during training, including seven killed late Wednesday when two helicopters collided in midair.
A midair collision of two Marine Corps helicopters late Wednesday – in which seven US troops died – brings into sharp focus the dangers of routine military training missions and continues a recent uptick in dangerous accidents within the corps.
The crash occurred in a remote training area of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, which sits along the Arizona-California border and is home to some 4,000 Marines.
Nearly a dozen serious aviation accidents involving on-duty Marines occurred in 2011. In total, 13 Marines have been killed in such crashes since October.
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