Black Hawk Down: U.S. Service Member Missing off Coast of Yemen

Published August 27th, 2017 - 10:51 GMT
U.S. Central Command released a statement saying the helicopter crashed about 20 miles of the coast of Yemen during a training accident at about noon on Friday.  (Shutterstock)
U.S. Central Command released a statement saying the helicopter crashed about 20 miles of the coast of Yemen during a training accident at about noon on Friday. (Shutterstock)
A U.S. armed services member is missing after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday.


U.S. Central Command released a statement saying the helicopter crashed about 20 miles of the coast of Yemen during a training accident at about noon on Friday.


Five U.S. service members onboard the aircraft were rescued after the crash and one remains missing.

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search is ongoing for the missing service member and the U.S. military said it will investigate the incident.

Officials have not yet identified those onboard the aircraft at the time of the crash or the unit the aircraft belonged to.

The cause of the Black Hawk's crash has also yet to be determined.