U.S. Navy helicopter crashes off Virginia coast

[MarieB]

Rescue workers are racing to save the five people aboard a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed off the coast of Norfolk, Va. Wednesday.
The Navy confirmed via Twitter that the rescue effort is underway and that the helicopter is a CH-53E, which is used for transporting heavy equipment.
The helicopter was reported down about 11 a.m.


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Hopefully the outcome is a better one than yesterday

 

[b23hqb]

Dang. AF just lost one in England yesterday with all four US crew members dead. The cost of freedom is really expensive.

 

[KingFish]

Actually it was an MH-53E. I used to work on the CH/MH-53's. Sorry to hear about it going down. If it is not too deep, They will retreive it and find out what happened.