A American navy This week, electronic war plane crashed against San Diego Bay in California and injured two service members.
The navy said that both pilots were saved on board the Boeing EA-18G Growler. However, other service members involved in non-combat cases of military aviation have not been so happy.
Here are six of the deadliest non-combat fights of military aviation that have happened in the last five years:
1. 6 February 2024 – Marine Corps Helicopter disappears during stormy weather
Five Marines died When their helicopter crashed during a storm in the mountains outside San Diego.
The CH-53rd Super Stallion left Crech Air Force Base in Nevada and went to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego. It lost contact late in the evening because rain and snow had influenced the region.
The five Marines who were killed at a CH-53E helicopter crash in Pine Valley, California, on February 6, 2024, were identified. From left to right, Lance Cpl. Donovan Davis, 21, Van Olathe, Kansas, Sgt. Alec Langen, 23, Van Chandler, Arizona, Capt. Benjamin Moulton, 27, Van Emmett, Idaho, Capt. Jack Casey, 26, Van Dover, New Hampshire, and Capt. Miguel Nava, 28, from Traverse City, Michigan, have been seen. (US Marine Corps | Calfire)
Fathers, uncle of Marines killed in Californian helicopter crash, say ‘should not have happened’
Bradford Moulton, whose cousin Capt. Benjamin Moulton, 27, who was one of the victims, later said he wanted the men “to be held on the ground” during the “millennial storm”.
2. November 29, 2023 – US Air Force Osprey crashes from Zuid -Japan
Eight Air Force Special Operations Command Service members died when the CV-22B Osprey plane in which they traveled during a training mission near Japan.
The plane went to Okinawa at the time of the incident, which later led to the temporary grounding of the Whole fleet Ospreys.
Wreckage that it was believed was belonging to the American military fishing, which on November 29, 2023 collapsed in the sea of ​​Yakushima Island near Japan, has been seen in this hand -out photo taken by an airplane of the Japan coast guard. (10th Regional headquarters of the Coast Guard – Japan Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters)
An air force investigation later discovered that the crash was caused by cracks in a metal equipment and the pilot’s decision to keep flying instead of taking into account different warnings to land, according to the Associated Press.
3. November 10, 2023 – Special operators involved in the Mediterranean Sea – Crash
Five US Army Special Operations Aviation Soldiers When their helicopter, died on the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
“The MH-60 Blackhawk gave routine flight training, including air tanks and air shooting during nocturnal conditions over water. The helicopter contacted the water, which resulted in the loss of the crew and the helicopter,” said the Ministry of Defense at the time.
“Our service members put their lives at stake every day,” former President Biden added. “They willingly take risks to keep the American people safe. And their daily courage and selflessness is a lasting proof of what is best in our nation.”
4. March 9, 2023 – Two army helicopters collide in Kentucky
Two army helicopters clashed over the southwest of Kentucky and killed nine service members.
The two HH60 Black Hawks of the 101ST Airborne Division (Air Assault) carried out a training exercise at around 10 p.m. when they crashed in Trigg County, the director of Fort Campbell Public Affairs told FOX News Digital at the time.
A crash between two army HH60 Black Hawk -Helikopters took place during a training mission near Fort Campbell in Kentucky in March 2023. (WKDZ Radio, Cadiz KY)
Army identifies nine soldiers who were killed at Crash with Black Hawk -Heliopters
“For Fort Campbell, for the 101st. The nine people we have lost, his children of God, they will be mourning and missed by their families, by their communities,” said Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
5. 8 June 2022 – Marine Corps Osprey Training Mission becomes fatal
Five Marines died during a training mission in southern California when their MV-22B Osprey crashed against the desert.
The plane, which went in Imperial County, belonged to the 3rd Navy Aircraft Wing in Camp Pendleton.
A research report after the crash showed that it was caused by mechanical failure Related to a link on board the fishing, which ultimately led to a motorcycle error.
6. 31 August 2021 – US Navy Helicopter crashes in the ocean for South California
Five crew members then died about 60 nautical kilometers off the coast of San Diego in the ocean while a helicopter of the American navy, while he “carried out routine flight operations”.
It happened after the Seahawk helicopter of the MH-60S was touched during a landing on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, similar to it shown here, crashed into the Ocean for southern California in August 2021. (Image with thanks to Petty Officer 3rd class Thomas Gooley/USS Harry S Truman. Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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A mechanical problem ensured that the helicopter started to shake intensely, causing it to ride in a spider that tore out his rotor blades before he dropped tail-first in the water, according to the Navy Times.
Alexandra Koch and Brie Stimson from Fox News have contributed to this report.
