WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US forces are searching for a missing service member after a military helicopter crashed during Friday drills off Yemeni coast, the US Central Command has said.
22 August 2017, 17:09 GMT
"U.S forces in the region are conducting an ongoing search for one U.S. service member who was aboard the aircraft," the military said in a statement.
Five other personnel were rescued from the Black Hawk helicopter, which came down some 20 miles south of the Yemeni shore at around 7 p.m. local time on Friday. An investigation into the accident is pending.
