{"id":43179,"date":"2018-04-04T07:16:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T07:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/04\/ch-53-crash-kills-four-crew\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:57:12","slug":"ch-53-crash-kills-four-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/04\/04\/ch-53-crash-kills-four-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines: 4 dead in CH-53 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=f99ececc-ab82-49c5-af3f-e35af021e8a5\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-f99ececc-ab82-49c5-af3f-e35af021e8a5.png\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed during a routine training mission Tuesday in California, killing the four crew members aboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter<a href=\"\/TEMP-LINK-TEMP\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\"> crashed <\/a>during a routine training mission Tuesday in California, killing the four crew members aboard, the Marine Corps said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heavy lift helicopter was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/12\/08\/marine-corps-navy-helicopters-help-contain-california-wildfires\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">3rd Marine Aircraft Wing<\/a> and was flying near El Centro, California, when the crash occurred at approximately 2:35 p.m. local time, the Marines said in a statement released early Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe status of all four is presumed dead pending positive identification,\u201d the Marine Corps said. Names would be withheld pending next-of-kin notification. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2016\/12\/05\/third-commander-in-marine-corps-aviation-community-fired-this-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/lt-col-michael-e-hernandez.20Hernandez.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Third commander in Marine Corps aviation community fired this year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Lt. 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