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Navy helicopter crash that killed five caused by mechanical failure

By Mike Brest
Published May 4, 2022 9:00pm ET
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Navy helicopter crash that killed five caused by mechanical failure
FILE - In this March 19, 2017, file photo, released by the U.S. Navy, an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean. The remains of five people and the wreckage of a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed in the Pacific Ocean off California have been recovered, the Navy said in a statement Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. An MH-60S helicopter, similar to the one pictured, its two pilots and three other sailors were lost in an Aug. 31 accident about 69 miles (111 kilometers) off the San Diego coast. | (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Ian Kinkead/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Navy investigators concluded that the Aug. 31 helicopter crash that resulted in the death of five sailors was caused by a mechanical error.

The Navy concluded its investigation into the MH-60S Seahawk that fell into the Pacific Ocean while trying to land aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on April 18 and released its findings on Tuesday.

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