Four believed dead in US military helicopter crash Norfolk

[EnterpriseSovereign]

Four people are believed to have died following a helicopter crash in Cley, north Norfolk, police have said. ITV News understands the military helicopter was a HH-60 Pave Hawk. The US Air Force has a base in nearby RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.

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[Eternal_Freedom]

Fuck that's just along the coast from my parents. We see yankee planes flying around all the time but this is unexpected.

[Patroklos]

Sad. At least it appears it was just the crew onboard.

I am not sure why scattered bullets would pose a threat to anyone.

[Elheru Aran]

Sad. At least it appears it was just the crew onboard.

I am not sure why scattered bullets would pose a threat to anyone.

Live ammunition has its own risks depending on a.) what it was exactly... depleted uranium? tracers? lead? and b.) idiots picking it up and being all 'hey what's in these things'. Or worse, someone deciding they'd lucked into a quick haul of ammo, seeing as that's a rather thoroughly regulated thing in the UK, I believe.

Of course, like as not, odds are it's just a line to keep people away from the crash zone while the USAF strips any sensitive equipment from the helicopter...

[UnderAGreySky]

US Navy helicopter crashes off Norfolk, Virginia

One of four crew members rescued after a US Navy helicopter crashed off Norfolk, Virginia, has died, officials say, while a fifth is still missing.

The US Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon was on a routine training mission.

US Coast Guard officials said they responded to a downed aircraft report at about 11:00 (16:00 GMT).

In a bizarre coincidence, the incident came a day after another US military helicopter crashed in the county of Norfolk, England, killing four people.

The helicopter involved in Tuesday's crash in the UK was a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter that belonged to the US Air Force.
Naval Station Norfolk

The aircraft in Wednesday's incident went down 18 nautical miles (33km) east of the Virginia coast. The cause of the crash is not yet known.

One of the four people rescued and flown to a hospital in Norfolk later died.

Petty Officer David Weydert said that the missing fifth person was still being sought.

[Eternal_Freedom]

That's just plain weird.