US EditionNavy Jet, Helicopter Crash in South China Sea
All five crew members from the Navy's MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet were rescued and remain in stable condition, Navy officials confirmed.
- A fighter jet and a helicopter crashed into the South China Sea on Sunday afternoon, according to the Navy’s Pacific Fleet.
- All five crew members involved in the crashes are safe and in stable condition, as stated by the US Pacific Fleet.
- The causes of the two crashes are under investigation, according to the statement from the Navy.
- The USS Nimitz is returning to Naval Base Kitsap in Washington after being deployed in the Middle East.
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It should have been a routine flight, but for unknown reasons, a fighter jet launched by a US aircraft carrier and a military helicopter crashed one after the other in the South China Sea. All crew members could be rescued. The incident is investigated. After the launch of the USS Nimitz, a helicopter of the type MH-60R Sea Hawk crashed at around 2:45 p.m. (local time).A little later, around 3.15 p.m. (local time), the fighter jet of the type F/…
US Navy helicopter and warplane crash into South China Sea on same day
A US Navy fighter and a helicopter crashed into the South China Sea in separate incidents while operating off an aircraft carrier on Sunday. A Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73, went down while conducting routine operations from the USS Nimitz, the US Pacific Fleet said. Half an hour later, an F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 22, operating from the same carrier, also crashed. The US Navy…
All crew members were rescued and in a stable condition, the military explains. The cause of both incidents was investigated.
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