US Black Hawk helicopter crashes off Yemen coast during training

Two US military Black Hawk helicopters take off from its compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, 18 April 2007. (File photo)

Reuters, August 26, 2017 - A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday during training, with a search underway for one US service member, the US military said.

US Central Command said in a statement that five other service members aboard the aircraft had been rescued and the crash took place about 20 miles off the southern coast of Yemen at 7 p.m. local time on Friday.

Central Command said an investigation would be initiated.