Coast Guard Helicopter Crashes Near Sitka, Alaska

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka crashed during a training flight with four people aboard near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, Monday.

Rescue crews from Sitka Fire and Rescue arrived on scene at approximately 11:00 a.m. and transported all four crew members to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center.

No deaths have been reported.

Watch standers at the Arctic District command center received the report of the crash at approximately 10:07 a.m.

The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.

The original announcement can be found here.

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