Specialized Navy ship searching for crashed helicopter with 5 sailors aboard
September 17, 2021
(Sept. 15 2021) The offshore supply vessel HOS Dominator departs Naval Air Station North Island, Sept. 15. Dominator deployed in support of recovery operations for the remains of the crew and the MH-60S helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC 8) that crashed into the sea, Aug. 31. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Josue Escobosa)
Erika I. Ritchie
The Orange County Register
A ship typically used for submarine recovery is now searching for a Navy helicopter that fell overboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 31, with two pilots, two corpsmen and a naval air crewman still on board.
The HOS Dominator arrived at the location the helicopter was last seen about 60 miles southeast of San Diego late Wednesday, Sept. 15, and immediately began recovery efforts, including using a sonar scanner known as SWISS and a towed pinger locator, Navy Lt. Samuel Boyle said.
The MH-60 Sierra helicopter wreckage and the remains of the five sailors are estimated to be at an ocean depth of between 4,000 feet and 6,000 feet.
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