Navy Identifies Sailors Killed After Helicopter Crash

SAN DIEGO (AP/CBS13) — A Madera County sailor is among those killed successful a U.S. Navy chopper clang successful the Pacific Ocean disconnected of Southern California.

The MH-60S chopper crashed connected Aug. 31 astir 70 miles disconnected San Diego during what the Navy says were regular formation operations.

Those killed were identified Sunday as: Lt. Bradley Foster, a aviator from Oakhurst, California; Lt. Paul Fridley, a aviator from Annandale, Virginia; James Buriak from Salem, Virginia, who was a naval aerial crewman 2nd Class; Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Sarah Burns from Severna Park, Maryland; and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Bailey Tucker from St. Louis, Missouri.

On Saturday, the Navy  declared the 5 missing sailors dormant astir a week aft the crash, shifting the hunt for them to a betterment operation.

The determination followed much than 72 hours of coordinated rescue efforts and astir 3 twelve hunt and rescue flights to look for the sailors. An probe into what caused Tuesday’s clang astir 70 miles disconnected San Diego is ongoing.

Also injured were 5 different sailors who were connected committee the USS Abraham Lincoln craft bearer wherever the MH-60S chopper was operating connected the platform earlier the crash.

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