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[**AXIOS**](https://www.axios.com/2025/10/27/us-navy-south-china-sea-aircraft-crash)

**A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet crashed in the South [China](https://www.axios.com/world/china) Sea in two separate incidents within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.**

**The big picture:** The crews of both the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter that crashed 30 minutes later were all “safe and in stable condition” and **“the cause of both incidents is currently under investigation,”** per U.S. Pacific Fleet [posts](https://www.facebook.com/USPacificFleet/posts/pfbid0VJknR3xKXHeXbRGHma24XDY1AQi5r2CWtbZbX8DYsiowhHkXCTVAbwHaCc1g4sq9l) to its social media channels.

**Driving the news:** The helicopter that’s assigned to the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 **“went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz” about 2:45pm local time, according to the posts.**

- After its three crew members were rescued, an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter assigned to the “**Fighting Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 crashed in the sea at 3:15pm “while conducting routine operations from Nimitz,”** the posts said.
- “Both crew members successfully ejected and were also safely recovered by search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11.”

**Problems? I’m not thinking this is sabotage. This is most likely tied to poor training, incompetence, etc.,**