How many members are died in a fiery navy helicopter crash?”
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Navy helicopter on a training mission went down in a fiery crash near a 971-foot-tall antenna tower, killing three crew members and critically injuring a fourth, a Navy spokesman said Thursday. Investigators were examining the wreckage from the Wednesday night crash, including a large piece that could be seen at the base of the tower. Authorities would not say whether the helicopter, an MH-53 Sea Dragon, hit the tower, but a television station executive said he thinks his station’s tower was hit. Don Dunlap, president and general manager of South Texas Public Broadcasting System, said it appeared the helicopter struck the tower about 50 feet from its top. He said parts of the antenna were on the ground and that the beacon on top had been knocked off. “It was a horrific scene out there,” Dunlap, whose station was knocked off the air for 14 hours, told KEDT radio. “Pieces of that helicopter were everywhere.” Investigators were trying to determine what caused the
Three members of a U.S. Navy helicopter crew were killed after their helicopter went down in the waters off San Diego, California, a Navy spokeswoman said Wednesday. Rescuers are still searching for the two remaining crew members from the helicopter, which went down late Tuesday night, U.S. Navy spokeswoman Karin Burzynski said. No further details concerning the deaths were immediately available. Burzynski said the helicopter was operating from the USS Nimitz. The Navy received word that the helicopter went down around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, she said. It crashed about 20 miles off the Mexican coast, the Navy said.
