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I always hate seeing this type of thing! But wanted to share since many of us know folks there:
Jacksonville-based Navy helicopter crashes
By GREGORY PIATT, The Times-Union
A Jacksonville-based Navy helicopter crashed this morning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean while doing manuevers west of Colombia, the Navy said today.
The fate of the crew is unknown and the Navy was still searching for the pilots. Officials wouldn't release the name of the three aviators aboard until the next of kin were notified.
The aircraft is from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 48, which is based at Mayport Naval Station. The helicopter was flying from the USS DeWert, a guided missile frigate based at Mayport.
The helicopter was an SH-60B, which normally operates with a crew of three but can have as many as five, the Navy said.
The helicopter is the fourth Navy or Marine Corps aircraft to have a Jacksonville connection to crash since September.
Two pilots from Sea Control Squadron 32 died when their S-3B Viking jet crashed in a Jacksonville park in September. Later that month, three Naval aviators from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 44 died when their helicopter crashed in seas off the coast of North Carolina. The aviators were never found.
Last week, a Marine pilot was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard when his AV-8B Harrier crashed in coastal waters near St. Augustine. The aircraft, assigned to Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 in Cherry Point, N.C., was operating from Jacksonville Naval Air Station at the time of the crash.
Read more about the crash in tomorrow's Times-Union.
Jacksonville-based Navy helicopter crashes
By GREGORY PIATT, The Times-Union
A Jacksonville-based Navy helicopter crashed this morning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean while doing manuevers west of Colombia, the Navy said today.
The fate of the crew is unknown and the Navy was still searching for the pilots. Officials wouldn't release the name of the three aviators aboard until the next of kin were notified.
The aircraft is from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 48, which is based at Mayport Naval Station. The helicopter was flying from the USS DeWert, a guided missile frigate based at Mayport.
The helicopter was an SH-60B, which normally operates with a crew of three but can have as many as five, the Navy said.
The helicopter is the fourth Navy or Marine Corps aircraft to have a Jacksonville connection to crash since September.
Two pilots from Sea Control Squadron 32 died when their S-3B Viking jet crashed in a Jacksonville park in September. Later that month, three Naval aviators from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 44 died when their helicopter crashed in seas off the coast of North Carolina. The aviators were never found.
Last week, a Marine pilot was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard when his AV-8B Harrier crashed in coastal waters near St. Augustine. The aircraft, assigned to Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 in Cherry Point, N.C., was operating from Jacksonville Naval Air Station at the time of the crash.
Read more about the crash in tomorrow's Times-Union.
