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10 U.S. Marines missing as choppers crash

NAIROBI: Rescuers searched the waters off Djibouti's coast on Saturday for 10 missing crew of two U.S. Marine Corps transport helicopters that crashed into the sea, a military spokeswoman said. The CH-53E choppers, carrying a dozen troops, went down on Friday. The cause was unclear, but there was no indication of hostile fire. An investigation was under way, said Maj. Susan Romano of the U.S.-led Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. Two were rescued by Djiboutian military members who were near the crash site in the Gulf of Aden, near the northern coastal town of Ras Siyyan. ``The helicopters were flying a two-hour training mission in the Godoria Range area in northern Djibouti,'' a statement said. Visibility had been good at the time, with light winds. The helicopters are part of the HMH 464 squadron based at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina. — AP

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