Ten crew members from two U.S. Navy helicopters involved in a training mishap Thursday evening in Nevada were treated and released from a nearby hospital, the Navy said in a news release Friday.
The Navy is investigating the incident involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters during routine training on ranges at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev.
The Seahawks, each carrying a crew of five, are assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12.
Security personnel from the air station secured the mishap site, which is on the Fallon Range Training Complex in a remote location, the Navy said. No details were provided as to the nature of the mishap.
The squadron, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5, is currently at Naval Air Station Fallon for comprehensive training, the Navy said.
Carrier Air Wing 5 is part of Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Japan at Yokosuka.
It will remain the carrier wing as the aircraft carrier USS George Washington becomes the Navy’s forward-deployed carrier in the Pacific, swapping places with the USS Ronald Reagan, the Navy said.
The Navy’s Seahawk helicopters have in recent years been involved in a number of mishaps, one deadly.
In August 2021, five sailors died when their Seahawk flipped off the deck of the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego. Another five sailors were injured in the incident.
Two separate incidents in October 2018 involved MH-60s.
Twelve personnel were injured when a Seahawk crashed on the USS Ronald Reagan’s flight deck in the Philippine Sea. The helicopter was attempting an emergency landing shortly after takeoff.
That same month, a pair of Seahawks crashed on a runway at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. No one was injured in the crash, but the aircraft sustained serious damage.