Aviation Accidents

The U.S. Navy has identified five sailors who died when a helicopter crashed in the Pacific Ocean off of Southern California

A Navy spokesman declined to say what caused the helicopter to fall off the deck of the ship and plummet into the water.

In addition to the missing helicopter crew, the incident injured five sailors aboard the aircraft carrier.

A spokesman declined to say what caused the MH-60S Seahawk to fall from the ship’s flight deck, citing an ongoing...

The crash happened while the aircraft was “conducting routine flight operations,” according to the Navy.

An investigation later determined that a rotor blade had come loose due to material fatigue.

The new light military transport plane, Il-112V, crashed in a forested area as it was coming in for a landing.

The crash of the single-engine Mooney M20 ignited a fire at a house.

All five passengers were on an excursion off the Holland America Line cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam.

A Coast Guard helicopter lowered two rescue swimmers to the site, and they reported no survivors.