Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Navy Helicopter Crash produces three different headlines

UPDATE
Divers recover body of missing pilot

This is from CNN
2 dead, 2 rescued, 1 missing in Navy helicopter crash off frigid Virginia
By Greg Botelho and Tom Watkins
CNN
updated 8:03 PM EST, Wed January 8, 2014

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Another Navy sailor dies, bringing the death toll to 2, the Navy says
NEW: The search continues for a missing sailor
4 were hoisted to safety within an hour of accident, including 2 who would die
The crash happened in the late morning about 20 miles off the southern Virginia coast

(CNN) -- Two sailors have died after the Navy helicopter they were in crashed Wednesday off the southern Virginia coast, the Navy said.

The Coast Guard, Virginia Beach Fire Department and Navy continued Wednesday night to search for another sailor who'd been aboard the fallen aircraft. Two sailors who had been rescued were in stable condition at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the Navy said in a statement.

"Today has been a tough day for all of us," said Capt. Todd Flannery, commander of the Navy's Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic, based in Norfolk, Virginia.

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2 dead and 2 rescued plus 1 missing

This is from NBC
Updated
Just now
Two crewmen dead after Navy helicopter goes down off Va.; one missing
By Elizabeth Chuck, Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski
NBC News

Two crew members died and another is missing after a U.S. Navy helicopter made an emergency water landing off the coast of Virginia on Wednesday, the Navy said.

The helicopter, a MH-53E Sea Dragon, was carrying five crew members when it went down in the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning off the coast of Norfolk. Four crew members had been rescued from the water, the Navy initially said, but two of the four rescued were confirmed as dead later on Wednesday.

A search-and-rescue operation was under way for the fifth crew member. The two surviving rescued crew members were being evaluated at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
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2 dead 1 missing no resuces

And this is from FOX
2 dead after Navy helicopter crashes near Virginia coast
Published January 08, 2014
FoxNews.com

Two crewmen have died, the Navy says, after one of its helicopters crashed during a training mission off the coast of Virginia Wednesday.

The Navy said in a statement that an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter had gone into the waters off Virginia Beach near Fort Story.

Four crew members were pulled from the ocean after the crash, but two later died at a nearby hospital. The identity of the dead crewmen will not be released until 24 hours after families have been notified, according to The Associated Press.

The extent of their injuries and the identities of the other crewmen were not known, the Navy said. The accident is under investigation while a search and rescue operation is underway for a fifth missing crew member.
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2 dead and no missing

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