US Military Aircraft Crashes Near California-Arizona Border, Injuries Unclear

Just yesterday, June 8, another US military aircraft, a V-22 Osprey combat aircraft, crashed in southern California, and the US Marine Corps announced on Thursday that five US Marines aboard the aircraft had died.

Emergency crews were dispatched along the California-Arizona border late Thursday in response to reports of a suspected military plane accident, the local media reported.

The crash site is roughly 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Yuma, Arizona, just east of Imperial County, California, and a few miles from the California-Arizona border, according to the Naval Air Facility El Centro.

“We have received reports that a military aircraft has crashed about 35 miles north of Yuma, AZ,” the statement read. “Federal Fire and other local first responders including Reach are headed to the scene. We have no other information at this time. As we are able to confirm information we will release it here. Please be patient as we work through this incident.”

Shortly after, a reporter said that a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter based at Naval Air Station North Island, near San Diego, California, was the aircraft that suffered the incident.

Preliminary reports suggest that all four individuals aboard the aircraft have survived, and that one service member is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. The status of the three others are unclear.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.

The late Thursday crash comes just one day after a similar incident took place on Wednesday in the hamlet of Glamis in Imperial County, some 20 miles (32 km) north of the US-Mexico border and 23 miles (37 km) west of the Arizona border.