does not sound good at least if there has not been any radio contact
I live in San Diego and used to fly out of Miramar when it was an NAS. The weather in the area has been miserable since Monday, and no decent break until Friday. Snow level down to 4-5K feet and icing conditions. The Super Stallion can fly in instrument weather, but it’s an old airframe. Don’t know it’s anti-icing capabilities.
This is a strangely worded report. If the helicopter was found, did it just land, unable to take off, or did it crash? In either case, the Marines, or their bodies, should still be in it or or nearby.
Perhaps further information will be released after family members have been notified.
“We’re watching this closely,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said.
That’s an interesting comment coming from the same administration that didn’t seem to care about two Navy Seals lost in the Arabian Sea or the three soldiers killed in the drone attack in Jordan.
This was a training flight. The helicopter was found, presumably without anyone on board. That gives some hope. Was there a diversity component to this training flight that the White House is concerned about?
EC
Media stupidity again. There is simply no way a military helicopter could truly go missing.
What could go wrong by sending a helicopter from Las Vegas to San Diego in the midst of a major rain storm?
Such a poorly written story. They don’t indicate the condition of the helicopter when found, whether the crew’s gear was still in it, or anything useful. Almost sounds like an article written to camouflage some Biden operation crap.
The SEAL story doesn’t ring true.
All they had was one little boat?
The Commander thought conducting a search was more important than rescuing two team members?
Baloney.
More Democrat lies.
Horrible journalism, poorly titled and written.
This article is so poor that it seems like it came from some obscure blog site.
Currently, about 150 CH-53E helicopters are in service with the Marines and another 28 MH-53Es are in service with the U.S Navy. The CH-53 requires 44 maintenance hours per flight hour. A flight hour costs about $20,000.[23]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53E_Super_Stallion
They were built in the late ‘70s and ‘80s?
A little more detail to the location of the found helo.
EXCERPT:
The aircraft was located just after 9 a.m. by civil authorities near the mountain community of Pine Valley, about a 45-mile (72-kilometer) drive from San Diego but rescue crews said snowy conditions were making access challenging on the ground.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/07/1229812205/marine-corps-helicopter-missing-found-san-diego
Only bits and pieces of news regarding the crew.
EXCERPT:
Marine Corps Times asked the Marine Corps if any human remains had been found at the crash site and didn’t immediately receive a response.
https://news.yahoo.com/corps-searching-5-marines-helicopter-185449415.html
Now using the terms- wreckage and crash site.
EXCERPT:
The wreckage of the US Marine helicopter that went missing on Wednesday morning with five onboard has been found on a mountainside near Cleveland National Forest, around the last-known location of the machine.
Officials confirmed the location of the crash site on Wednesday, adding that civil authorities found the downed vessel in Pine Valley at around 9.08AM PST.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/breaking-military-helicopter-crash-hunt-32070348
No information on the condition of the bird. If it crashed, you’d expect to find bodies; if an emergency landing, there’s hope.
I remember the first time I climbed up working on an engine and realized I was almost 30 feet off the ground. Didn't use safety harnesses back then.
Prayers up for the crew.
If one needs more proof that we don’t respect journalists any more because they cannot even report what Captain Obvious would report. As is mentioned by other astute readers...was the copter crashed? Are there bodies? What a joke our media has become. Would a group of journalists been on that aircrafter rather than folks we respect: Marines.
“Flying Tigers” A further detail about the aircrew.
EXCERPT:
The Marines had reportedly been assigned to the “Flying Tigers,” a crew part of the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/breaking-military-helicopter-crash-hunt-32070348
Prayers up for the marines onboard.
I’ve backpacked the Pacific Crest Trail through this area and camped in Fred Canyon.
Latest report narrowing down the location.
EXCERPT:
Cal Fire San Diego crews on three fire engines and an ambulance launched a search north of Interstate 8 and east of Kitchen Creek Road near Fred Canyon in the early morning hours Wednesday based on the helicopter’s last known location, Cal Fire spokesman Mike Cornette told the San Diego Union- Tribune.