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CHARIKOT, Nepal - On May 15, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Japanese Standard Time, a Nepalese search team identified possible wreckage of a downed aircraft approximately 15 miles north of Charikot, Nepal.
Joint Task Force 505 currently has a team of pararescuemen and a combat rescue officer inbound to assess the wreckage and determine if it is the downed UH-1Y Huey with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469.
The UH-1Y Huey went missing May 12 near Charikot, Nepal, while conducting humanitarian assistance as part of JTF 505 supporting Operation Sahayogi Haat. The UH-1Y Huey was delivering humanitarian aid to those affected by the recent earthquakes.
Additional details will be provided as they become available.
| Date Taken: | 05.15.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 05.15.2015 04:17 |
| Story ID: | 163380 |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
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