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WASHINGTON,
March 11, 2015 – Search and rescue teams are looking for seven Marines and four
soldiers this morning after an accident near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Two
National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were participating in a training
exercise overnight, Eglin spokesman Andy Bourland said in a news release.
The
aircraft are assigned to the 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion in Hammond,
Louisiana. They were participating in a routine training mission involving the
Marine Special Operations Regiment from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, he said.
Searchers
Find Debris
One
of the helicopters, with four aircrew members and seven Marines aboard, was
involved in an accident near Eglin range site A-17, east of the Navarre Bridge,
Bourland said. The helicopter was reported missing at about 8:30 p.m. last
night, and a search and rescue team found debris at about 2 a.m. today, he
added.
Search
and rescue efforts are underway at the accident site, Bourland said. The second
helicopter returned to Eglin, and all Marines and soldiers aboard are accounted
for.
Names
of the soldiers and Marines are being withheld pending notification of their
families, and the accident is under investigation, Bourland said.
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