US Navy jet and chopper mysteriously crash in South China Sea within 30 minutes — Trump calls it very unusual
A U.S. Navy fighter jet and helicopter crashed within 30 minutes of each other above the South China Sea on Sunday, initiating an urgent rescue mission by the navy. Both events happened in routine flight missions from the USS Nimitz, one of the most active and historic aircraft carriers of Navy
The initial accident was an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, estimated between $40 million and $400 million, which crashed around 2:45 p.m. local time. Almost half an hour later, a F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet also went down during flight operations. The Navy stated that all the crew members that included both aircraft, two pilots from the Super Hornet and the crew aboard the Sea Hawk, successfully ejected and rescued.
