An MH-60S assigned to HSC-6 crashed in the central Red Sea Sept. 22, while operating with the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110).  Three personnel are accounted for and stable but two perished – named as Lt. Cmdr. Landon L. Jones and CW3 Jonathon Shelby Gibson.  The crash was not due to any sort of hostile activity.

Date:

22 September, 2013

Make:

Sikorsky

Model:

UH-60

Location:

Red Sea

Country:

Bahrain

Civil / Military:

Military

Fatalities:

2

Operator:

US-Navy

Link:

http://www.dvidshub.net/news/114068/navcent-pao-bahrain-helo-crash-release#.Uj9vqobku1w

Link:

http://news.sky.com/story/1145064/us-navy-helicopter-crashes-in-red-sea

Link:

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=76730