A Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed in Southern California Thursday evening, leaving one pilot dead and another injured.

The helicopter, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, was on a “routine” training flight when they suffered an “aviation mishap” just after 7 p.m. on Oct. 16, 3rd Marine Aviation Wing said on Friday afternoon. The AH-1Z Viper went down near Imperial Gables, a remote part of southeastern California a few dozen miles northwest of Yuma Proving Ground. Emergency crews transported one pilot to Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley, California, where the Marine was confirmed to have died. The other pilot was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Ca

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