Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E heavy lift transport helicopters have crashed after colliding mid air off the coast of Oahu, United States. ...
Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E heavy lift transport helicopters have crashed after colliding mid air off the coast of Oahu, United States.
Search and Rescue (SAR) operation has been launched to locate survivors on the aircraft which are from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st MAW in Hawaii.
USMC says 12 Marines were on board the both helicopters.
The tripled engined Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is the mainstay of USMC's heavy transport fleet and will be replaced by the improved CH-53K King Stallion.
