Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Alaska during training flight with 4 onboard 

Defense Coast Guard helicopter crashes in Alaska during training flight with 4 onboard  Comments: by Filip Timotija - 06/22/26 5:23 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Filip Timotija - 06/22/26 5:23 PM ET Comments: Link copied

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A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed in Alaska on Monday during a training flight with four people aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard announced. 

The helicopter, a search and rescue twin-engine aircraft, crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, near the state capital Juneau.

Sitka Fire and Rescue crews arrived on the scene at around 11 a.m. local time and took all four crew members to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, according to the Coast Guard. 

No deaths have been reported, the service branch said. 

The crash is under investigation and the cause is unclear.

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