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Two US Navy Aircraft Crash in South China Sea, All Crew Safe
- On Sunday, a Sea Hawk helicopter and a fighter jet crashed from the USS Nimitz in the South China Sea about 30 minutes apart.
- Coinciding with President Donald Trump's Asia visit, the USS Nimitz was in the South China Sea on the final leg of its deployment before returning to the US west coast and decommissioning.
- The Sea Hawk went down at about 2:45pm during routine operations from the USS Nimitz, and at about 3:15pm the Super Hornet crashed; all five personnel were rescued and safe.
- Investigators have opened probes into the crashes and the U.S. Navy declined to release location details for operational security, while President Donald Trump said the incidents could have been caused by `bad fuel` and he said `nothing to hide`.
- China's broad maritime claims and opposition to US military presence frame incidents in the contested South China Sea, where Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia also assert parts; recent months saw mishaps on USS Harry S. Truman.
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President Trump Describes The Back-to-Back U.S. Navy Aircraft Crashes in The South China Sea As “Very Unusual”
Secretary of War Hegseth shares positive news with President Trump regarding military recruitment./ Image: Video screenshot. The U.S. Pacific Fleet has revealed that two U.S. Navy aircrafts have gone down in the South China Sea. The incidents occurred just 30 minutes apart from each other. According to the Pacific Fleet, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter went down in the South China Sea at around 2:45 p.m., and just 30 minutes later, a 60m …
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