Navy Helicopter Crashes Off San Diego Coast, 5 Missing

At least one rescued

A U.S. Navy MH-60S helicopter descends to land on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier while at sea off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, on Jan. 18, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California during a routine flight on Tuesday.

The Navy’s U.S. Pacific Fleet announced on Twitter that an MH-60S helicopter that crashed around 4:30 p.m. local time, about 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego.