Da-Chief
08-17-2007, 13:55
17 August 2007
Marine Helicopter Crash in AZ.
Killing 3 Marines and 1 Sailor.
(AP) Associated Press
PHOENIX - A U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter crashed during a training flight over southwest Arizona, killing four people on board, officials said Friday. One person survived.
The HH-1N Huey crashed about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Yuma on Thursday. The wreckage was discovered early Friday, and three Marines and one Navy sailor were pronounced dead at the scene, said 1st Lt. Rob Dolan, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma.
The injured Marine was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center and is listed in stable condition.
The names of the dead and injured will not be released for 24 hours under standard miltary policy, Dolan said.
The chopper assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma was last heard from at about 4 p.m. Thursday, Marine Sgt. Ryan O'Hare said.
The aircraft was flying on a routine training mission near the Army's Yuma Proving Ground, a sprawling 1,300-square-mile (3,367 square kilometers) military reservation along the Arizona-California border used to test combat systems and helicopters.
The missing aircraft was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron at the Marine Corps Air Station. The Yuma facility is the home base for several air squadrons and is the world's busiest Marine Corps air station.
Hueys, first produced in 1956, are Vietnam War-era workhorses. New aircraft are scheduled to replace them beginning in 2008.
(Odds are we lost a Doc in this one. When Info becomes available I will post it. Are hearts go out to the Marines, and Sailors Families and loved ones.)
Corpsman.com
edit by Poolzer-Yes, we lost a SAR HM with this one, RIP bud...
edit by Dustmans-they have names here (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4105238&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1) and here (http://www.yumasun.com/news/yuma_35964___article_news.html/members_mcas.html), the second link has comments from family and friends. The Corpsman was HM2 Brendon O. Sandburg, 25, assigned to the Branch Medical Clinic in Yuma, from Stewart, Fla. Fair winds brother...:(
http://www.corpsman.com/images/Huey.jpg
Marine Helicopter Crash in AZ.
Killing 3 Marines and 1 Sailor.
(AP) Associated Press
PHOENIX - A U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter crashed during a training flight over southwest Arizona, killing four people on board, officials said Friday. One person survived.
The HH-1N Huey crashed about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Yuma on Thursday. The wreckage was discovered early Friday, and three Marines and one Navy sailor were pronounced dead at the scene, said 1st Lt. Rob Dolan, a spokesman for the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma.
The injured Marine was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center and is listed in stable condition.
The names of the dead and injured will not be released for 24 hours under standard miltary policy, Dolan said.
The chopper assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma was last heard from at about 4 p.m. Thursday, Marine Sgt. Ryan O'Hare said.
The aircraft was flying on a routine training mission near the Army's Yuma Proving Ground, a sprawling 1,300-square-mile (3,367 square kilometers) military reservation along the Arizona-California border used to test combat systems and helicopters.
The missing aircraft was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron at the Marine Corps Air Station. The Yuma facility is the home base for several air squadrons and is the world's busiest Marine Corps air station.
Hueys, first produced in 1956, are Vietnam War-era workhorses. New aircraft are scheduled to replace them beginning in 2008.
(Odds are we lost a Doc in this one. When Info becomes available I will post it. Are hearts go out to the Marines, and Sailors Families and loved ones.)
Corpsman.com
edit by Poolzer-Yes, we lost a SAR HM with this one, RIP bud...
edit by Dustmans-they have names here (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=4105238&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1) and here (http://www.yumasun.com/news/yuma_35964___article_news.html/members_mcas.html), the second link has comments from family and friends. The Corpsman was HM2 Brendon O. Sandburg, 25, assigned to the Branch Medical Clinic in Yuma, from Stewart, Fla. Fair winds brother...:(
http://www.corpsman.com/images/Huey.jpg