US helicopter plunges into Red Sea
Fate of five crew members unknown, but US Navy rules out hostile activity
A US MH-60S Seahawk helicopter launches flares during a drill in the skies above the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Mediterranean Sea on July 25, 2012. (photo credit: Seaman Joshua E. Walters/ US Navy, Department of Defense)
MANAMA, Bahrain — The US Navy says a helicopter has crashed in the Red Sea and a search is underway for five crew members aboard.
A statement from the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet says the MH-60S Knighthawk went down Sunday in the central Red Sea while operating with the destroyer USS William P. Lawrence.
The Navy says an investigation is underway, but there was no hostile activity involved.
Search teams included aircraft and small boats.
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