Two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E helicopters have collided off Hawaii

January 15, 2016 Aviation Safety
David Cenciotti

The two CH-53E Super Stallions were conducting night ops off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

The U.S. Marine Corps have just confirmed that a Search and Rescue operation is underway off Hawaii’s Oahu after two CH-53E Super Stallions helicopters collided mid-air during night training.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, debris field was spotted less than 3 miles off the coast, near the town of Haleiwa,

Both helicopters were from MCAS Kaneohe Bay and each had six people aboard.

No further details on what caused the collision or if any survivors have been found have been released as of yet.

Image credit: U.S. Marine Corps

 

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.

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