Navy Helicopters Crash : Sad Day For Faa
Our thoughts and condolences go the families of those invloved
They died in the line of duty and serving their country.
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NAVY HELICOPTERS CRASH
Seven crew members are missing, feared dead, after two Royal Navy Sea King Airborne Early Warning helicopters collided in mid-air over international waters in the Gulf today.
British forces spokesman Group Captain Al Lockwood told Sky News the helicopters hit each other and did not crash as a result of enemy activity.
"It happened in the early hours," he said. "A search is underway for the missing crew.
"A total of seven people were on board and no survivors have been found as yet," he said.
"But we are doing our utmost to establish very, very quickly what the implications could be and what caused the accident itself."
He added: "The most important thing at this moment is with notifying next of kin of the casualties."
The exact location of the crash has not been disclosed.
Eight British soldiers and four US marines were killed in a helicopter crash in Kuwait on Friday.