Wednesday, 8 January 2014

2nd crewmember dead after copter goes down off Va.

U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter
The Navy says a second crewmember of five aboard a Navy helicopter that crashed into the ocean off Virginia has died.
The Navy says the crewmember was among four who were plucked from the seas about 20 miles off Virginia. Their helicopter went down during a routine training mission Wednesday morning.
Another of the rescued four died earlier.
Two other crewmembers remain hospitalized in Norfolk, while a search continues for the fifth.

Navy Cmdr. Todd Flannery, left, Cmdr. Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic, and U.S. Coast Guard Capt. John K. Little, Sector Commander, as they answer questions about a crash of a Navy MH-53-E Sea Dragon helicopter into the Atlantic off Virginia Beach, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, on the tarmac at the Norfolk Naval Station, Va. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan) MAGS OUT.

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