Navy helicopter crashes in California while searching for hiker, crew rescued after 20 hours in rugged terrain
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A Navy helicopter searching for a missing hiker crashed in California's White Mountains around 5 p.m. Friday, with the crew surviving overnight in rugged terrain before being rescued.
The four-person crew survived the crash without injury, but they had to wait for rescue after communicating their location back to base. A mission launched Friday evening to retrieve them ended in failure, but pilots were able to drop overnight kits to the survivors, the Navy said in a statement. The crew remained at 11,700 feet above sea level overnight.More Related News