A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday during a training session. In this file photo, US army soldiers get ready to land from a Black Hawk helicopter during an exercise in Lithuania on June 17, 2017. Ints Kalnins / Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday during a training mission and a search was under way for one U.S. service member, the U.S. military said.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement that five other service members aboard the aircraft had been rescued after the crash, which took place about 20 miles (32 km) off the southern coast of Yemen at 7 p.m. (16000 GMT).
A U.S. official told Reuters that the cause of the crash was under investigation.
“When the incident took place the helicopter was not very high above the water,” CENTCOM spokesman Colonel John Thomas said.
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Is it just me or is also the number of plane and helicopter crashes during training missions higher this year? Combined with the sea collision accidents, it seems there are a lot of non combat deaths this year. Is it all because of the aging fleet and perhaps training/command issues?
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