U.S. Navy Announces 'Safety Pause' Amid Helicopter Crashes in California

The U.S. Navy announced that they will impose a "safety pause" on all non-deployed aircraft on Monday, in the wake of the helicopter crashes in California.

According to The Hill, the safety pause will make way for a review of risk-management practices and the conduct of training on the threat and error management process.

"In order to maintain the readiness of our force, we must ensure the safety of our people remains one of our top priorities," the U.S. Navy said.

The announcement from the Navy came after three helicopters crashed in June. All occurred in the state of California.

California Helicopter Crashes in June

Three separate occasions of helicopter crashes were recorded in California in June.

On June 3, one Navy pilot died in a helicopter crash that happened just 170 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The aircraft involved in the tragedy was a F/A-18E Super Hornet.

On June 8, five Marines were dead after an MV-22B Osprey crashed in a California desert located east of San Diego.

The most recent tragedy occurred during a routine training flight in California on June 9. The Navy confirmed that all four crew members aboard the vehicle survived the crash. The most recent tragedy involved an MH-60S Seahawk.

Reports claimed that the three helicopter crashes are currently investigated by the authorities.

June 8 California Helicopter Crash Kills Son of Ex-L.A. Dodgers

The authorities did not release specific details on the five Marines that were killed in the June 8 helicopter crash in the California Dessert. However, former Los Angeles Dodgers player Steve Sax confirmed that his son, Capt. John J. Sax was among the officers killed in the tragedy.

"It is with complete devastation that I announce that my precious son, Johnny was one of the five US Marines that perished on Wednesday, June 8, in the Osprey Military crash near San Diego," Sax announced last week.

The former dodger added that his son had wanted to be a pilot since he was young and that he would talk about the types of planes flying overhead the field while playing in the outfield in the little league baseball.

The 33-year-old son of the MLB player was based in Camp Pendleton and served the crop for five years and eight months.

Associated Press noted that Sax's son was one of the two pilots killed in the helicopter crash, along with Captain Nicholas Losapio from Rockingham, New Hampshire.

It can be recalled that the MV-22B Osprey, the helicopter that crashed on June 8, was rumored to have a nuclear substance on board. However, that information was debunked by the authorities.

MV-22B Osprey has had a series of crash incidents, including one in 2000 where an Osprey crashed during training near Jacksonville, North Carolina, killing four marines.

The said helicopter was first tested in 1989 and has been used by the Military since 2007.

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Written By: Joshua Summers

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