US military: Black Hawk helicopter crashes off Yemen coast

‘A Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the US military has crashed off the coast of war-torn Yemen during what is said to be a training mission.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Saturday that the chopper went down during training about 20 miles (32 kilometers) off the southern coast of Yemen at 7 p.m. local time (16000 GMT) a day earlier.
According the statement, search is underway for a missing US service member who was on board, while the five other service members aboard the helicopter had been rescued.
The Central Command noted that an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash.’
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