The US Navy suspended a 102-hour search for a missing squadron commander following a helicopter emergency landing in the Arabian Sea.
ARABIAN SEA — The U.S. Navy has suspended an extensive search for a sailor who disappeared after an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea, bringing a more than four-day search operation to an end without locating the missing crew member.Missing Sailor Identified
The Navy said the active search concluded at 3 p.m. AST on July 5, after more than 102 hours of continuous search-and-rescue operations covering more than 14,000 square miles of ocean . Ships and aircraft from the Navy and Air Force participated in the effort across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
The helicopter was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 5 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush . It went down after an emergency water landing at approximately 3:30 a.m. Eastern time on July 1.