Search and rescue operations are ongoing with multiple Coast Guard and Navy air and surface assets. More information will be posted as it becomes available. (2/2)
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CNN: 5 crew members unaccounted for after US Navy helicopter crashes off the San Diego coast
(CNN)Search and rescue efforts are underway after a US Navy helicopter crashed off the San Diego coast Tuesday, officials said.
One crew member was rescued and the search is ongoing for five others, a Navy spokesperson told CNN.
The condition of the rescued crew member was not disclosed.
The helicopter, based on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, "crashed into the sea while conducting routine flight operations approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego" at around 4:30 p.m. local time, the Navy's 3rd Fleet said in a statement.
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More News On A US Navy Helicopter Crashing Off The San Diego Coast
Helicopter embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln crashes into the Pacific -- Navy Times
5 crew members missing after Navy helicopter crashes off California coast -- CBS/AP
5 missing after Navy helicopter crashes into sea off San Diego -- NBC
US Navy helicopter crashes off San Diego coast, 1 rescued, 5 missing: report -- FOX News
Maybe the Taliban will loan the Us one of the helicopters Biden bequeathed to them?
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ReplyDeleteEven in the height of the summer the water is cold out in the Channel Islands.
Just shows you how dangerous a routine flight can turn,.. and yup, the waters are likely no joke@temperature. Hope they get them or if the public story is they died, they maybe survived and just work undercover now or live undersea with mermaids :D
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