Search and rescue groups had been combing the snowy forests and hills east of San Diego on Wednesday after a army helicopter with 5 Marines on board was reported lacking, the authorities mentioned.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department was knowledgeable after 1 a.m. native time that the helicopter, which had been scheduled to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on Tuesday, had gone lacking within the Pine Valley space, about 44 miles east of San Diego, Lt. Matthew Carpenter, a spokesman for the division, mentioned.
The division’s search and rescue models had been on foot and in four-wheel-drive automobiles aiding the Marine and Civil Air Patrol groups specializing in mountain searches, he mentioned.
“The weather is so bad out there with snow and low cloud coverage that we could not get helicopters out there,” he mentioned.
An announcement from the third Marine Aircraft Wing mentioned the helicopter, a CH-53E Super Stallion, an plane that’s used to hold heavy automobiles, cargo and personnel, was flying from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar when it was “reported overdue.”
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