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A United States Navy helicopter (MH-60R Sea Hawk) and a fighter jet (F/A-18F Super Hornet) crashed in the South China Sea about 30 minutes apart Sunday while conducting routine operations from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier.

The US Pacific Fleet in a statement said that the helicopter went down at about 2:45 pm (local time). All five crew members were safely recovered.

“Following the incident, separately, at 3:15 p.m., an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter assigned to the ‘Fighting Redcocks’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 also went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from Nimitz," the US Pacific Fleet statement read.

The causes of the two crashes were under investigation, the statement said.

The USS Nimitz is returning

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