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Five dead in U.S. Navy helicopter crash in Nevada

08 May 2007 21:54:49 GMT
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RENO, Nevada, May 8 (Reuters) - All five crew members on a helicopter flying out of Nevada's Fallon Naval Air Station died in a crash about 10 miles (16 km) west of Austin, Nevada, base officials said on Tuesday.

Spokesman Zip Upham said the helicopter apparently struck a high-voltage power line while on a search and rescue training mission at 9:30 p.m. on Monday night. The remote area is about 165 miles (265 km) east of Reno.

Navy investigators were in the northern Nevada desert early on Tuesday to recover the bodies of the five sailors.

"While the investigation is just beginning, I am hopeful that it will be swift so that the victims' loved ones will have a better understanding of how this tragedy occurred," U.S. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada said.

The SH-60F helicopter was part of a helicopter anti-submarine squadron in Jacksonville, Florida.

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