Search continues in military copter crash off Florida that left 11 presumed dead


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 Mar 2015

Rescue crews search waters near Navarre Bridge, east of Pensacola, Florida March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger

(Reuters) - Seven Marines and four soldiers were presumed dead after an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a nighttime training mission off Florida's Gulf coast, where U.S. military officials continued a search-and-rescue operation on Wednesday afternoon.

Some human remains had washed ashore, said a spokeswoman for Eglin Air Force Base in north Florida.

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