Search underway for missing crew member after helicopter crashes in Arabian Sea

The Navy is currently searching for a missing crew member from the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier after an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the ship crashed in the Arabian Sea, service officials have announced.

The helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush “conducted an emergency water landing” about 3:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, according to the officials with the Navy’s 5th Fleet, which overseas the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and parts of the Indian Ocean.

Three other crew members from the aircraft have been recovered and are currently in stable condition, 5th Fleet officials said in a Wednesday social media post.

“There is no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action,” the post said, but no additional information on the mishap was immediately available. The incident is under investigation.

The mishap marks the latest in a string of recent U.S. military aircraft crashes. Eight crew members were killed in June when a B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Earlier that month, the pilot of a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet safely ejected before the plane crashed near Mount Rainier, Washington. Four crew members also survived ejecting in May after two Navy E/A-18G Growlers collided over an Idaho airshow.

This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.

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