USMC CH-53E down in SoCal

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USMC CH-53E down in SoCal

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Crashed 25 km west of El Centro. 'Multiple casualties' according to various news outlets.

https://thedesertreview.com/military-ai ... cdd68.html
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Re: USMC CH-53E down in SoCal

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164358
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Re: USMC CH-53E down in SoCal

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164358 /YN-59 was damaged Apr 5 2017 and the damaged frame was noted at Miramar in Oct 2017.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/y ... ion-finds/

They repaired this helicopter and it crashed again ???
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Re: USMC CH-53E down in SoCal

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you are right.... 164358 was w/o on 05-04-2017
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