4 crew members sustained minor accidents Monday when a Coast Guard helicopter crashed throughout a routine coaching flight in southeast Alaska, officers stated.
The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed a number of miles exterior Sitka in a sparsely populated space close to Harbor Mountain. The coastal city sits on Baranof Island. The encircling Pacific Ocean currents restrict excessive temperatures however ship roughly 100 inches (254 centimeters) of rain yearly.
Rescuers arrived round 11 a.m., about an hour after the crash, and took all 4 crew members to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Heart, a press release from the Coast Guard stated.
“We’re extremely relieved our crew members survived with solely minor accidents,” Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander of the Coast Guard’s Arctic District, stated in a press release.
The Coast Guard will examine the crash. It’s not clear what brought on it.
This helicopter crash adopted a string of three main aircraft crashes this month.
Related Press author Becky Bohrer contributed to this report from Juneau, Alaska.