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02-Sep-15 Sikorsky CH-53E Camp Lejeune, US-North Carolina (1F)
Hard landing while conducting Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques (HRST) training in a landing zone at Stone Bay, a satellite training area aboard Camp Lejeune. About 20 Marines from Virginia and North Carolina were participating in night training that requires them to exit through the back of a helicopter using suspended ropes. The rappelling and fast-rope… Read more »
02-Sep-15
15-Apr-15 Sikorsky CH-53E Solana Beach, US-California
Emergency landing on public beach after reported oil leak
15-Apr-15
12-Feb-15 Sikorsky MH-53E Norfolk, US-Virginia
Precautionary landing shortly after take off – MH-53E is currently focus of safety inspections regarding wiring and fuel lines
12-Feb-15
01-Sep-14 Sikorsky CH-53E Gulf of Aden, Djibouti
CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed at sea in the Gulf of Aden as it attempted to land aboard USS Mesa Verde. All 25 persons aboard the helicopter; 17 Marines and eight Navy Sailors, were safely recovered
01-Sep-14
08-Jan-14 Sikorsky MH-53E Virginia Beach, US-Virginia (3F)
Crashed into the ocean. Four of five POB rescued, but two of the four later died, named as pilot Lt. Wesley Van Dorn and Naval Aircrewman 3rd Class Brian Collins. Search for fifth person – pilot Lt. Sean Christopher Snyder – was later abandoned
08-Jan-14
15-Aug-12 Sikorsky CH-53 Tel Nof, Israel
aircraft was forced to carry out an emergency landing near the Tel Nof airbase south of Tel Aviv
15-Aug-12