Two Camp Pendleton Marines Killed in Helicopter Crash
Godspeed from the Auntie of a MMHS 166 crewchief, also killed in training.
By City News Service
Originally published May 6, 2009 at 7:10 a.m., updated May 6, 2009 at 9:26 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — Two Marine pilots were killed when a Super Cobra military attack helicopter carrying live ordnance crashed in the East County, sparking a quickly extinguished one-acre brush fire, authorities said today.
The crash near Kitchen Creek Road and Interstate 8 occurred around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday but wasn’t reported until around 3 a.m., according to Cal Fire.
Because the Marine AH-1W Super Cobra carried live ordnance, a wide perimeter was set up around the crash site, preventing firefighters from getting near the wreckage, a Cal Fire captain said.
The names and ranks of the two Marine pilots who died in the crash were withheld, pending family notification.”
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