The plane was situated by civil authorities in Pine Valley, California, the assertion mentioned.
Washington:
A lacking navy helicopter was discovered Wednesday in California however the seek for the 5 service members who have been aboard it’s nonetheless ongoing, the US Marine Corps mentioned.
The 5 Marines have been flying on a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in southern California when “the aircraft was reported overdue” on Tuesday, the service mentioned in an announcement on Facebook.
“The aircraft was located by civil authorities in Pine Valley, California” the next day, the assertion mentioned.
“The 3rd Marine Aircraft wing is managing the search and rescue efforts” and is “using ground and aviation assets to locate the aircrew in coordination with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and multiple federal, state and local agencies,” it mentioned.
The Marine Corps made no point out of stays being discovered with the helicopter, indicating that these aboard could have survived.
There have been a sequence of accidents involving US navy plane over the previous 12 months, together with the crash of a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor plane off the coast of Japan in late November that left eight airmen lifeless.
Five American service members have been killed when a helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean throughout a coaching train earlier the identical month, whereas one other Osprey crash in Australia left three Marines lifeless in August.
Three extra navy personnel have been killed and one other injured when two helicopters coming back from a coaching mission in a distant space of Alaska collided in April.
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