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Marine helicopter crash over Arizona kills four
A U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter crashed during a training flight over southwest Arizona, killing four people on board, officials said Friday. One person survived.The HH-1N Huey crashed about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Yuma on Thursday. The wreckage was discovered early Friday, and three Marines and one Navy sailor were pronounced dead at the scene, said 1st Lt. Rob Dolan, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma. The injured Marine was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center and is listed in stable condition. The names of the dead and injured will not be released for 24 hours under standard military policy, Dolan said. The chopper assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma was last heard from at about 4 p.m. Thursday, Marine Sgt. Ryan O'Hare said. The aircraft was flying on a routine training mission near the Army's Yuma Proving Ground, a sprawling 1,300-square-mile (3,367 square kilometers) military reservation along the Arizona-California border used to test combat systems and helicopters. God bless these servicemen, their families and all those who know and love them. Posted by: ryuge 2007-08-17 |
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