A Navy helicopter struck a power line during a training flight and crashed in a rugged area of the northern Nevada desert, killing all five crew members, the Navy said Tuesday.Navy investigators were on the scene early Tuesday to recover the bodies.
The SH-60F helicopter, flying out of Naval Air Station Fallon, went down late Monday about 10 miles west of Austin, base spokesman Zip Upham said.
“The helicopter was on a combat search and rescue exercise,” Upham said. He said it struck a high-voltage transmission line, cutting the line. No electrical service interruptions were reported.
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