Navy helicopter with 5 aboard crashes off SD coast

[Jim123]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_re_us/us_navy_helicopter_crash


The article goes on to state it was an HH-60.

(Standard forum rules on mishaps apply folks.)

 

[kejo]

I wouldn't trust initial media reports of T/M/S, even All Hands magazine mixes -60s up. My hopes for the best.

 

[ea6bflyr]

Article was updated stating it was an SH-60, but like kejo states above, T/M/S always get mixed up.

-ea6bflyr

 

[das]

Another article from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/20/california.copter.down/

 

[BigIron]

Official Navy status of downed helo as of 20 May 1400 EST.

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=45456

 

[H60Gunner]

That is the suck as always. I know a couple of guys in 6.

 

[Pags]

Terrible and awful news. I used the copilot's gouge in HTs. My friend was going to her wedding this summer.

"Lord, guard and guide the men who fly; through the great spaces of the sky; be with them always in the air; in darkening storms or sunlight fair; oh hear us when we lift our prayer; for those in peril in the air."

 

[Bevo16]

Names are not released yet, so if you have any personal information, keep it to yourself.

 

[Jim123]

No, the names officially released just a while ago:

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=45535

 

[Bevo16]

News to me. The family is supposed to get 24 hours from the time they are notified to grieve until the names go out into the news.

 

[Jim123]

News to me. The family is supposed to get 24 hours from the time they are notified to grieve until the names go out into the news.

Yeah, I was thinking this release came out faster than average, but there it is and the authority is legit- CNAF (PAO).

I remember one of the crew and I'm scratching my head over one of the others. What a shame.

 

[H60Gunner]

Total suck. Grant was one of my pups.

 

[ProwlerPilot]

God bless them all! As tragic as this is, they all died doing what they loved and did best. May they all rest in peace and the rest of us take more time in our every day lives to make sure they are the last we read about in a mishap report.

 

[H60Gunner]

Excellent article about the memorial service.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stor...6-mourners-pay-tribute-spirit-and-/?uniontrib

 

[HeyJoe]

090523-N-3946H-065 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 23, 2009) A Sailor assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 6 wears a flight deck jersey with the names the five crewmembers assigned to HS-6 who died when their HH-60H Seahawk helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean while conducting training operations during a Composite Training Unit Exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Heil/Released)