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This was the first MH-53E to crash. [57] On 9 May 1996, a CH-53E crashed at Sikorsky's Stratford plant, killing four employees on board. This led to the Navy grounding all CH-53Es and MH-53Es. [50] On 10 August 2000, a MH-53E Sea Dragon crashed in the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi and resulted in the deaths of four of the six crew members.
The documentary examines the events leading up to and immediately after the 2014 crash of a Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon off Cape Henry, Virginia. [1] Three crew members perished in the crash, among them Lieutenant Wes Van Dorn. [2] The documentary exposed widespread reliability issues across both Navy and Marine Corp 53E fleets. [3] [4]
A United States Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon of HM-14 BuNo 163051 crashed on the runway at Bahrain International Airport. All 18 men and woman on board survived with only a few cases of minor injuries. [36] 11 April
A Sikorsky MH-53 Sea Dragon crashes into the Persian Gulf at 2105 hrs., shortly after taking off from the USS Peleliu, 40 miles N of Bahrain. All 6 service members on board were killed. The aircraft was part of squadron HM-15 based out of Naval Air Station Alameda, near San Francisco. [67] 5 October
2005 Al-Anbar CH-53E crash; 2016 United States Marine Corps helicopter collision This page was last edited on 16 November 2021, at 19:29 (UTC). Text ...
A United States Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) off the coast of Virginia, killing three of the five crew members [149] [150] 15 January A USN Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet of VFA-143 crashed off Virginia, pilot was rescued. 16 January
The Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low series is a retired long-range special operations and combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter for the United States Air Force.The series was upgraded from the HH-53B/C, variants of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion.
11 December – A CH-53E Super Stallion 164785 from HMH-465 carrying 21 personnel crashes in brownout conditions in Al Anbar Province, killing 1 and injuring 17. [85] Helicopter was written off. [86] 3 December – A CH-46E Sea Knight from HMM-165 carrying 16 personnel makes an emergency landing on Lake Qadisiyah in Al Anbar Province. Four of ...