Navy Helicopter Crashes, No Fatalities, a Day After 5 Marines Died in Aircraft Crash in Same Region

Navy Helicopter Crashes, No Fatalities, a Day After 5 Marines Died in Aircraft Crash in Same Region
MV22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
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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.”
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