A US Navy helicopter from the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier made an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday evening Jerusalem time. Three of four crew members were rescued; the fourth remains missing and a search is underway, according to the US Fifth Fleet, which said there is no indication of hostile involvement.
A US Navy helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) was forced to make an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday evening, according to the US Fifth Fleet. Three of the four crew members were rescued and are in good condition, while the fourth remains missing and search efforts are ongoing.
The Fifth Fleet said there is no indication the incident was caused by hostile activity and that the cause is under investigation. As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday evening (published 19:41 Jerusalem), the search for the missing crew member had already begun with the initial report of three rescued. This new update from the Fifth Fleet reiterates the same facts and adds that the helicopter came from the USS George H.W. Bush.
The Arabian Sea incident is the second reported US helicopter emergency in the region in recent weeks; in early June an Apache helicopter went down in the Gulf of Oman. The USS George H.W. Bush carrier group is currently operating in the Arabian Sea as part of a broader US naval presence in the Middle East.
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