5 Crewmembers Missing After Crash Of Army Black Hawk Off Oahu

August 17 2017

USA

Five U.S. Army crewmembers are missing after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed late Tuesday night off Kaena Point on Oahu, Hawaii, reports the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Officials at Wheeler Army Airfield told the Coast Guard in Honolulu at 10:08 p.m. that they had lost communication with one of the Black Hawk crews. The Coast Guard and local firemen on a boat launched a rescue operation.

Army and Coast Guard aircraft detected a debris field near Kaena Point at 11:28...

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