The U.S. Coast Guard reports that an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashes near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, during what it describes as a training flight. Multiple outlets identify the aircraft as the Coast Guard’s search-and-rescue twin-engine helicopter. The incident prompts an emergency response in the area, with local search and rescue and fire authorities arriving on scene to assist. Several reports say four crew members are aboard and are injured, with coverage characterizing their injuries as non-fatal or minor; none of the sources indicate any deaths. The U.S. Coast Guard says search and rescue crews are responding, and that the crash involves the helicopter returning from or participating in routine training operations. The location is described as near Harbor Mountain outside the remote community of Sitka, approximately near the state capital, Juneau. Details about the cause of the crash are not provided in the sources summarized here, and further information is not reported as confirmed.
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk crashes near Sitka, Alaska during training flight
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashes near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, during what it describes as a training flight. Multiple outlets identify the aircraft as th...
- A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashes near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska.
- The crash occurs during a training flight or training mission.
- Four crew members are onboard and are injured; no deaths are reported.
- Search and rescue and local responders arrive on scene as the Coast Guard conducts response operations.
- The sources do not provide confirmed information on the cause of the crash.
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed during routine training near Sitka, Alaska, with four crew members sustaining minor injuries.
9 hours agoA MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter went down near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, on Monday morning.
16 hours agoA MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter went down near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, on Monday morning.
16 hours agoA Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed in Alaska on Monday during a training flight with four people aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard announced. The helicopter, a search and rescue twin-engine aircraft, crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, near the state capital Juneau. Sitka Fire and Rescue crews arrived on the scene at around 11...
16 hours agoThe MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed at Harbor Mountain in Sitka, but no deaths were reported. T
16 hours agoThe agency said an MH-60 Jayhawk crashed during a training flight close to Harbor Mountain in Sitka on Monday morning.
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