Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 helped rescue four people whose plane went missing on a flight from Tinian to Saipan of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Oct. 6.
HSC-25’s five-person helicopter crew Rescue 10 successfully found the crashed Piper single-engine aircraft in the jungles of Tinian after a report was sent to USCG Sector Guam that the plane was overdue on its morning flight. The Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigations and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating this crash.