Three members of a four-person MH-60S Sea Hawk chopper unit were rescued astatine oversea aft an "emergency h2o landing" successful the Arabian Sea aboriginal Wednesday morning, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.
A hunt continues for the 4th and last unit member.
There is "no indication" the chopper was changeable down by hostile action, the subject said. The chopper is assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush.
"Three of the helicopter's 4 unit members person been recovered and are successful unchangeable information aboard George H. W. Bush," U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said. "U.S. Navy assets successful the portion are presently searching for [the] different aircrewman inactive missing."
The incidental happened astatine astir 3:30 a.m. Eastern time, which would've been astir 11 a.m. section time.
File photograph of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter.
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The USS George H.W. Bush has been successful the Middle East since precocious April. It is 1 of 2 craft carriers remaining successful the region. While the U.S. has rescinded its blockade of vessels traveling into and retired of the Strait of Hormuz, it inactive has a sizable subject presence.
The U.S. had mislaid 42 fixed-wing oregon rotor craft successful Operation Epic Fury arsenic of mid-May, the last clip an update was fixed to Congress.
That does not see the U.S. Apache chopper shot down by an Iranian drone successful aboriginal June. The 2 unit members connected that chopper were capable to beryllium rescued. That incidental precipitated the U.S. to undertake "self-defense strikes" against Iran.
Eleanor Watson contributed to this report.
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