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    5 missing after Navy helicopter crashes into sea off San Diego – Breaking News

    Breaking News – A US Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off San Diego, and five crew members are missing.

    According to Insider breaking news, the US 3rd Fleet said in a statement that one crew member was rescued after Tuesday’s crash, and that “search efforts continue for five additional crewmembers.”

    They also stated that the MH-60S helicopter. The helicopter embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln crashed into the Pacific Ocean while conducting “routine flight operations” around 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego at 4:30 p.m. local time.

    The search effort involves the Coast Guard and the Navy, the fleet said.

    The US Navy said Monday that it recently recovered a sunken F/A-18E Super Hornet that blew off the deck of an aircraft carrier and into the Mediterranean Sea last month.

    The Navy said in a statement that it “successfully recovered” the aircraft last week from a depth of around 9,500 feet.

    A team aboard the multi-purpose construction ship Everest used a remote-operated vehicle to attach rigging and lift lines to the jet before using a lifting hook to fish the aircraft from the water and onto the Everest, the Navy said.

    “Our task tailored team operated safely and efficiently to meet the timeline. The search and recovery took less than 24 hours, a true testament to the team’s dedication and capability,” Lt. Cmdr. Miguel Lewis, a Sixth Fleet salvage officer who helped recover the aircraft, said in the statement.

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