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'Confronted with a tragedy:' 3 pilots and 2 crew chiefs killed in Marines helicopter crash outside San Diego

Three pilots and two crew chiefs were aboard the helicopter that crashed in the mountains outside San Diego. “We have been confronted with a tragedy that is every service family’s worst fear,” said Lt. Col. Nicholas J. Harvey, commanding officer of squadron 361.

US Marines identify all five California helicopter crash victims

Five Marines were on a training flight from a Nevada Air Force base to an air station near San Diego.

Rescue of Marine helicopter with 5 aboard is challenged by snowy California mountains

Rescuers were battling heavy snow to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in a mountainous area outside San Diego. The aircraft was located Wednesday morning by civil authorities near the mountain community of Pine Valley, about a 45-mile drive from San Diego. But rescue crews said snowy conditions were making access challenging on the ground. The fate of those aboard wasn’t immediately known. Defense officials say the Marines were flying a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech Air Force Base, northwest of Las Vegas. They said the Marines had been conducting unit-level training and were returning home to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

Rescue of Marine helicopter with 5 aboard is challenged by snowy California mountains

Heavy snow making it hard to reach Marine helicopter that crashed into mountains with 5 aboard

Rescuers were battling heavy snow to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in a mountainous area outside San Diego.