VA Beach - Aircraft into Atlantic Ocean

[NS9710]

I heard that it was 10-20 miles off the shore, aircraft into the water, DEM enroute, (heard via STARS net) "No State Assets have been dispatched yet" 11:30 hrs, Anyone down that way with more info?

 

[NS9710]

Helicopter goes down off Virginia coast - NBC12.com - Richmond, VA News

 

[reconrider8]

any feed of this?

 

[fredva]

any feed of this?

Apparently the Virginia Beach EMS feed has some traffic on it. Also an alert saying that four crewmen are being taken to the hospital.

 

[pgnsucks]

The MN-53E Sea Dragon helicopter went down in the Atlantic 18 nautical miles east of Cape Henry, Naval Air Forces Atlantic told WAVY.com. Five people were onboard the helicopter when it went down - four people were recovered and taken to Sentara Norfolk, according to WAVY. One of the people recovered was confirmed dead around 1:40 p.m.