US Navy Suspends Search for Missing Sailor

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The U.S. Navy said on Sunday it ⁠had suspended its search for a ​sailor who was reported missing on July 1.

Here ⁠are some details:

* The Navy's 5th Fleet said the Navy and Air Force searched for a sailor ‌who was reported missing last ​week after an ‌MH-60S Seahawk helicopter went down in the Arabian Sea.

* The ‌sailor was assigned to a squadron on the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier.

* ⁠Search-and-rescue efforts lasted more ‌than 102 ⁠hours and covered 14,000 square miles, the fleet said.

* ⁠The ⁠sailor's name is being withheld until at least 24 hours after ‌next of kin is notified.

* Three others were wounded when the helicopter made an emergency ‌landing.

* ​Helicopter water landings ‌can be dangerous, even for experienced pilots, given the propensity of top-heavy aircraft to ​flip upside down during submersion. 

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