"It's certainly unusual to have two on the same day," Matthew Savill, from the RUSI think tank, told Newsweek.

A Navy fighter jet and helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said on social media. President Donald Trump Monday said “bad fuel” could be to blame for the “very unusual” dual crashes.

A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in separate incidents less than an hour apart, the Navy said. “All personnel involved are safe and in stable condition,” U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a brief statement.

Beijing criticises US efforts to ‘show off military power’ after a helicopter and fighter from the USS Nimitz crash on the same day.

The aircraft had taken off from the USS Nimitz and crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other.

Maj. Tyler Braconi had more than a decade of service in the Marines as a helicopter pilot. He died in a crash in the California desert.

The MH-60 from the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment went down in the Summit Lake area west of Olympia, Washington.

THE four special forces soldiers who died in a Black Hawk crash on Wednesday have been named. The aircraft came down at around 9 pm near the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. On

Gov. Bob Ferguson has directed U.S. and Washington state flags to be flown at half-staff on Friday to honor the four soldiers who died in a military helicopter crash last month.

A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both crashed in the same half hour on Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, with all crew members safely rescued, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.

A US fighter jet and a helicopter crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday. The F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, both based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, went down in separate incidents while “conducting routine operations”, said the US navy’s Pacific Fleet.

Darren Bailey and his wife, Cindy, have confirmed that their son, Zachary, his wife, Kelsey, and their two children have tragically died in the crash