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All five crew members on board a US navy helicopter that crashed in the Philippine Sea have been rescued, the 7th Fleet said on Saturday.
Three of the crew members were transported by Japanese helicopter to the naval hospital in Okinawa for evaluation, while the other two were able to return to the USS Blue Ridge vessel, the 7th Fleet added in a statement.
The MH-60 helicopter “went down while conducting routine operations,” it said.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force, Japanese Coast Guard, two American warships and the US Air Force were all involved in the search and rescue operation.
The US 7th Fleet, based in Kanagawa, Japan, operates in the Pacific region.


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This footage, previously released to the Post by the British Ministry of Defence, shows the two warships narrowly avoiding a collision. The US Navy this week provided the Post with previously unseen footage that experts said appeared to show Chinese sailors preparing for a collision. Photo: British Ministry of Defence

(FILES) This file picture taken on April 21, 2017 shows an aerial view of a reef in the disputed Spratly islands. - Chinese President Xi Jinping asked the Philippines to "set aside" an international arbitral ruling on the South China Sea favoring Manila in return for oil and gas revenues, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte said late on September 10, 2019. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)

Guided-missile cruiser the USS Shiloh (CG-67), pictured earlier in Japan, conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Vice Admiral Yudo Margono, front left, inspects Indonesian troops at Natuna military base. Photo: AFP

FILE PHOTO: Indonesia's Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno points at the location of North Natuna Sea on a new map of Indonesia during talks with reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 14, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo

The damaged Philippine fishing boat FB Gimver 1. Photo: AP

Rescued Filipino fishermen transfer to another ship as they head back to shore in Occidental Mindoro province, Philippines on Friday June 14, 2019. The Philippines' top diplomat said he has filed a diplomatic protest after an anchored fishing boat was hit by a suspected Chinese vessel which then abandoned the 22 Filipino fishermen as the boat sank in the disputed South China Sea. (AP Photo)

In this undated June 2019 handout photo provided by Arlinda dela Torre via the Department of Agriculture, the damaged Filipino fishing boat F/B Gimver 1 sits on the shore at San Jose, Occidental Mindoro province, Philippines. China recently acknowledged its fishing vessel hit a Filipino boat in the disputed South China Sea in an incident that prompted an outcry in the Philippines but denies the collision was intentional. The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest after Filipino fishermen said a Chinese vessel rammed their anchored boat on Sunday night then abandoned them as the boat sank in the Reed Bank. (Department of Agriculture via AP)

The USS Montgomery recently took part in a joint mission in the South China Sea. Photo: AFP

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper marches beside Lieutenant General Ramiro Ray during a welcoming ceremony at a military headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez


The MH-60 helicopter ‘went down while conducting routine operations’, the US 7th fleet said in a statement
Three of the crew were transported to the naval hospital in Okinawa for evaluation, while the other two returned to the USS Blue Ridge vessel



The MH-60 helicopter ‘went down while conducting routine operations’, the US 7th fleet said in a statement.


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