A Navy helicopter crashed in the rural Southern California desert Thursday evening with no fatalities, just a day after a Marine Osprey aircraft went down …
A Navy helicopter crashed in the rural Southern California desert Thursday evening with no fatalities, just a day after a Marine Osprey aircraft went down in the same region, killing all five onboard.
“This evening at approximately 6 p.m., an MH-60S Seahawk crashed near El Centro, Calif. while conducting a routine training flight from Naval Air Facility El Centro,” said the U.S. Navy in a press release. “All four of the air crew on board survived the crash and have been safely recovered. One of the aircrew has suffered non-life threatening injuries and has been transported to a local hospital.”
The MH-60S Seahawk helicopter—mainly used for combat assistance, anti-surface warfare, and disaster relief—was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, based at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California. Details of the crash have not been revealed.
