02.08.2020, 14:27
Schwerer Unfall beim USMC: Während einer Landeübung vor der Insel San Clemente (Kalifornien) ist ein Amtrac aus bislang unbekannten Gründen, während der Rückkehr zum Transporter USS Somerset (LPD-25), gesunken. Man befürchtet, dass acht Mann dabei ums Leben kamen.
Schneemann.
Zitat:Marine Corps Timeshttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-...umed-dead/
7 missing Marines, sailor lost in AAV accident presumed dead
The search for the seven Marines and one sailor lost during an amphibious assault vehicle accident Thursday afternoon was called off Sunday morning, according to Marine Corps officials. None of the service members were found and they are presumed to be dead, according to a Sunday press release issued by the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, or MEU. “It is with a heavy heart, that I decided to conclude the search and rescue effort,” Col. Christopher Bronzi, commander of the 15th MEU, said in a press release. [...]
The AAV was returning to the amphibious transport dock Somerset Thursday after completing a training mission with the 15th MEU on San Clemente Island, California. [...] At around 5:45 p.m. the crew reported that they were taking on water and soon after the vehicle started “rapidly” sinking with all 16 service members onboard, Marine Corps Times previously reported. Eight of the service members onboard were able to escape and were immediately returned to the Somerset. [...]
Assisting in the search efforts were the guided-missile destroyer John Finn, the amphibious assault ship Makin Island, the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Somerset, and the amphibious transport dock San Dieg, according to the press release, along with 11 Navy SH-60 helicopters and multiple small boats from the Corps and Navy [...].
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