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A Navy helicopter crashed at a training range along the Arizona-California border Thursday near El Centro, California, Naval Air Station North Island said.
All four MH-60S Seahawk aircrew members survived the approximately 6 p.m. PT crash with one being taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the military said.
The crew was conducting a routine training flight from Naval Air Facility El Centro.
FILE- U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter. (iStock)
The identities of the crew members have not been released.
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The helicopter was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3, based at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California.
The crash comes just a day after five Marines were killed in an MV-22B Osprey crash just north of the U.S.-Mexico border near Glamis, California during a training mission on Wednesday.
“We mourn the loss of our Marines in this tragic mishap,” Maj. Gen. Bradford J. Gering, commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, said in a written statement of the Wednesday crash. “Our hearts go out to their families and friends as they cope with this tragedy.”
FILE- An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepares to land in support of a theater amphibious combat rehearsal (TACR) at Camp Titin, Jordan. An MV-22B Osprey crashed Wednesday in California, the Marine Corps said. ( Marine Corps 1st Lt. Mark Andries)
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U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Richard Bullock was also killed last week while making a “routine training flight in a F/A-18E Super Hornet around 2:30 p.m.
The U.S. Navy has identified Lt Richard Bullock as the pilot who was involved in a fatal crash during a routine training mission in Trona, California. (U.S. Navy)
His plane unexpectedly when down “in a remote, unpopulated area,” near Trona, California, the Navy said.
The Navy is still investigating the cause of that crash.
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