Navy helicopter and US fighter jet crash in separate incidents in the South China Sea

All personnel involved were safe, and the causes of the two crashes were under investigation, the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet said.

US navy jet and helicopter crash into South China Sea

A US fighter jet and a helicopter crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday. The F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, both based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, went down in separate incidents while “conducting routine operations”, said the US navy’s Pacific Fleet.
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