Nagtibusok sa South China ang duwa ka aircraft sang US Navy nga pareho naghalin sa aircraft carrier nga USS Nimitz.
Suno sa report, pareho nga naglugdang kahapon ang FA-18F Super Hornet kag MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter.
Yari ang statement halin sa US INDOPACOM.
“At approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the ‘Battle Cats’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier, reads a statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet. “Search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11 safely recovered all three crew members.”
Kasunod sang insidente, nagtibusok man sa separado nga area ang F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter nga assigned sa “Fighting Redcocks” sang Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22.
Natabo ini samtang nagapatigayon sang routine operations halin sa Nimitz.
Pareho naman nga nakaluwas ang crew members.
Padayon pa ang imbestigasyon sa insidente.
