The Facebook page of the USS Mesa Verde was filled with
dozens of well-wishes and thanks to God messages this morning, Tuesday, 2nd
of September, 2014 a day after 25 Marines and U.S. Navy sailors survived the
crash of a Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter as it tried to land on the amphibious
transport dock in the open sea.
Seventeen Marines and eight Navy sailors were aboard the
16-ton Super Stallion copter. It fell into the Gulf of Aden as it was taking
troops back to the Mesa Verde after a training exercise in Djibouti on the Horn
of Africa.The crash was not related to any hostile activity, the Navy said.
Meanwhile both Marine and Navy officials are investigating what could have
caused the crash.
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