ABC, CNN and many other ** reports that the US ** team said on 7 February that a CH-53E "Super Stallion" helicopter lost contact on the evening of 5 February and then fell, and the five crew members are still missing.
U.S. Army officers said the "Super Stallion" left Creech Airport in Nevada on Saturday night for a Marine Corps airfield in Miramar, Calif., but did not arrive on time. Subsequently, the US side conducted a joint search with the San Diego County Police Department and the civilian flight patrol force.
A report published by the 3rd Marine Corps Flying Group 7 said that the plane was made up of a U.S. Army 361 helicopter. The remains of the plane were found at 9:08 a.m. on the 9th in the Pinewood Valley of Southern California, but rescue efforts are still ongoing.
Allegedly, when the plane disappeared on the night of the 6th, the local area was in a zone of heavy rain, with rain falling in low latitudes and snowfall in high latitudes. The San Diego Police Department said that they sent a helicopter to search the area after receiving the report at 1:50 a.m. on the 7th, but because the weather conditions were rainy and snowy, and because the ground was complicated, we would search the area in an all-terrain vehicle.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on the 7th that the current situation has been notified to Biden in the United States. For U.S. Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby, "The White House will look into this matter carefully and expect the best possible solution." ”
Official **-CH-53 "Super Stallion" of the US Navy
It is claimed that the CH-53E "Super Stallion" ** is 30 meters long, 8At 5 meters tall and 15 metric tons high, it was once the largest and heaviest helicopter in the United States, mainly used to transport large amphibious equipment and supplies, and could carry up to 16 tons of cargo.
The report also mentions that the Super Stallion has experienced many accidents over the past 10 years, including two deaths.
During a 2016 evening military exercise in Hawaii, 12 soldiers were killed when two Super Stallions** collided, and the incident was caused by the pilot's negligence. In 2018, during an exercise in El Centro, California, a helicopter named "Super Stallion" crashed, killing four people on board.
In addition, in 2014, a "Super Stallion" helicopter, known as the "Miracle of the Seas", crashed while attempting to land an amphibious aircraft at sea, leaving 25 sailors and sailors alive.