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US Navy helicopter crashes off Norfolk, Virginia US Navy helicopter crashes off Norfolk, Virginia
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A US Navy helicopter with five people on board has crashed off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.A US Navy helicopter with five people on board has crashed off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.
Search and rescue operations are under way and it is not known if anyone on the US Navy MH-53E was hurt. Four of those on board the US Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon have been rescued, according to officials.
US Coast Guard officials said they received a report at 11:30 (16:30 GMT), reports the Virginian Pilot newspaper.US Coast Guard officials said they received a report at 11:30 (16:30 GMT), reports the Virginian Pilot newspaper.
In a bizarre coincidence, the incident comes a day after another US military helicopter crashed in the county of Norfolk, England, killing four people.In a bizarre coincidence, the incident comes a day after another US military helicopter crashed in the county of Norfolk, England, killing four people.
Officials said the aircraft had gone down 18 nautical miles (33km) east of the coast. The helicopter involved in Tuesday's crash in the UK was a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter that belonged to the US Air Force.
Local media report that four people have been rescued from the water. The aircraft in Wednesday's incident went down 18 nautical miles (33km) east of the Virginia coast.
Norfolk, Virginia is at the centre of a region important to the US military, including Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval complex in the world and the headquarters of the US Atlantic Fleet. Norfolk, Virginia, is an important hub for the US military, and is home to Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval complex in the world.