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‘Catastrophic’ mechanical failure behind crash of USMC CH-53D

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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that a ‘catastrophic’ mechanical failure caused a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D to crash in Hawaii on Mar. 29.

The helicopter was hovering about 300 feet when it went went down.

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