A day after 5 Marines died when their plane crashed in Southern California, a Navy helicopter crashed Thursday in the identical area. There have been no deaths.
All 4 crewmembers on board the helicopter survived, based on the Naval Air Facility El Centro in Imperial County, California. One service member was injured and brought to a hospital, mentioned Cmdr. Zach Harrell.
Harrell confirmed the helicopter concerned was an MH-60S Seahawk, a kind of chopper primarily used for anti-surface warfare, fight assist and humanitarian catastrophe aid, based on the Naval Air Methods Command. It was not clear what brought on the crash.
The crash occurred on a U.S. Navy coaching vary close to the California-Arizona border about 35 miles north of Yuma.
It was the third crash of a army plane in Southern California in lower than per week.
On Wednesday, the 5 Marines had been killed when an MV-22B Osprey crashed close to the neighborhood of Glamis round 12:30 p.m., in what was described as an “aviation mishap” by officers in a information launch.
The Marines who died haven’t been publicly recognized, however 1st Lt. Duane Kampa mentioned in an announcement they had been a part of the Marine Plane Group 39, third Marine Plane Wing out of Camp Pendleton. The trigger has not been disclosed.
In the meantime on June 3, U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Richard Bullock was killed when his F/A-18E Tremendous Hornet crashed within the neighborhood of Trona.
Desert Solar workers writers Jonathan Horwitz and Julie Makinen contributed to this report.
