US Navy Helicopter, Human Remains Recovered Off California

US Navy Helicopter, Human Remains Recovered Off California
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean, on March 19, 2017. Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ian Kinkead/U.S. Navy via AP
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SAN DIEGO—The remains of five people and the wreckage of a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed in the Pacific Ocean off California have been recovered, the Navy said in a statement Tuesday.

The MH-60S helicopter, its two pilots and three other sailors were lost in an Aug. 31 accident about 69 miles off the San Diego coast.