{"id":78973,"date":"2016-06-14T18:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=78973"},"modified":"2016-06-14T18:57:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:57:22","slug":"navy-helicopter-crash-lands-near-james-river-bridge-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/navy-helicopter-crash-lands-near-james-river-bridge-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy helicopter crash lands near James River Bridge in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three people were rescued from a Navy helicopter that crashed Tuesday morning in the water near the James River Bridge in Newport News, Virginia.<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard said that the crash happened about 11:14 a.m. and that a civilian vessel helped rescue the three people from the downed helicopter, which was a U.S. Navy MH-60s. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.<\/p>\n
Officials with the Navy said the three crew members that were aboard were on a “routine training mission.” They were transported to a naval medical facility in Portsmouth, Va.<\/p>\n
They suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The crash will be investigated.<\/p>\n
The helicopter is part of a fleet that is based at Norfolk Naval Station Chambers Field.<\/p>\n
Newport News is near Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest navy port.<\/p>\n
(c) 2016, The Washington Post \u00b7 Dana Hedgpeth, <\/span>Dan Lamothe<\/span> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n