The United States Marine Corps confirmed this Thursday the death of five soldiers due to an accident of the helicopter in which they were traveling, while carrying out a military training exercise in California.
Through a statement, the group belonging to the United States Armed Forces reported that efforts have already begun to recover the remains of the Marines and equipment and an investigation is being carried out into what happened.
The identities of the deceased, the text details, will not be released until 24 hours after all notifications to next of kin have been completed. The deceased were marines who were carrying out an exercise as part of their military training.
They were part of the 361st Heavy Helicopter Squadron and when the event occurred they were flying in a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech Air Base to Miramar Air Station in San Diego.
The accident has coincided with an alert in California for a phenomenon known as 'atmospheric river', which in recent days has left almost half of the precipitation of an entire year, so more than 14 million people are on alert. in said state.
