According to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter that was assigned to the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 "Battle Cats" crashed around 2:45 p.m. local time while "conducting routine operations." All three crew members were rescued, the Pacific Fleet said in an X post.

President Donald Trump said the Navy is investigating contaminated fuel as a possible cause of two aircraft crashes from USS Nimitz in the South China Sea on Sunday.