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| Date: | Thursday 14 January 2016 |
| Time: | c. 23:00 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky CH-53E Sea Stallion |
| Owner/operator: | US Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 161255 |
| MSN: | 65-427 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kaneohe Bay US Marine Corps Air Station |
| Kaneohe Bay US Marine Corps Air Station |
Two USMC helicopters have collided near Oahu and crashed into the sea during nightime training. Search operations are being conducted. Debris spotted.
The aircraft were from the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
The missing air crew have been publicly identified.
Weather and high waves hampered the search effort. Searchers found all four life rafts from the two helicopters as well as pieces of the wreckage on the sea floor. The debris field of aircraft parts believed to be from the crash was found around 2 miles off shore in about 325 feet of water.
All occupants are presumed to have died in the crash.
The pilots from Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay hadn’t flown enough in the weeks leading up the crash to be proficient, according to the investigation.
Sources:
https://www.rt.com/usa/329057-hawaii-military-planes-crash/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/military-helicopters-involved-collision-hawaii/story?id=36309161
https://metro.co.uk/2016/01/15/two-military-aircraft-collide-near-hawaiian-island-5625213/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/possible-marine-helicopter-collision-off-hawaii/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/two-u-s-marine-helicopters-collide-mid-air-coast-hawaii-n497216
https://www.wthr.com/article/marines-identify-12-missing-after-helicopter-crash-off-hawaii
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/search-suspended-12-missing-marines-helicopter-crash-n500026_
http://www.khou.com/story/news/2016/01/19/search-marines-suspended-after-hawaii-crash/79037272/
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/21/us/hawaii-military-aircraft-collision/index.html_
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/01/17/12-missing-marines-identified-after-helicopters-crash-hawaii/78930050/_/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marine-helicopter-crash-hawaii-final-report_us_580fd88ae4b08582f88ca4b1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2016 12:10 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Jan-2016 12:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 15-Jan-2016 13:12 | gerard57 | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 15-Jan-2016 13:36 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2016 13:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 15-Jan-2016 15:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 15-Jan-2016 16:02 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 17-Jan-2016 10:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2016 19:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2016 13:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jan-2016 06:58 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Jan-2016 00:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 02-Feb-2016 17:54 | rab1983 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 26-Oct-2016 15:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2016 21:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 07-Nov-2016 21:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 07-Nov-2016 21:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 07-Nov-2016 22:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Date, Time, ] |
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