U.S. Marine Helicopter missing in Nepal

a reply to: Zaphod58

Yes I know. Just hope they have enough water and proper shelter if they are ok still. If they were last seen in an area with a river. Then water will be OK if clean enough, or a creek with good flow. They have tarp. But rice will be hard to cook...

With no signs of fires ( from crash or man made ) or any crash debris though. Like they said. Very rough terrain. Search and rescue should have been close enough and noisy enough to get a flare or 2..



This is an update on 2 of the missing marines.

patch.com...

a reply to: Bigburgh

One of the crew members is the nephew of a driver in one of my trucking groups.

Is it one of the ones from my link, or a third one now?

a reply to: Bigburgh

Third one. His first name is Chris.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Tell him I'm praying. And sorry.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I'm so sorry Zap! Tell him we are all thinking of his nephew Chris and all of his family!

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Bigburgh

I found a news article from Dallas. They edited it though so now his brother talked about finding him last night before the text came in.

I believe this is what you were referring too.

www.nbcsandiego.com...

a reply to: Bigburgh

Sorry, meant to link it but got sidetracked trying to get to our delivery, get somewhere to park before our pickup first thing in the AM, getting food, etc.

a reply to: Zaphod58

No need to rush on anything.. we all know you work
Giving what little we know so far about this case... I was bound to hit every website offering a scoop on this story.

so now our rescue team needs to be rescued by experts with better equipment

might last a few days rough terrain etc

hope they didnt run into a mtn

a reply to: blacktie

No, our rescue team is having to be rescued by other people from their unit using the same equipment.

There's always a risk when you break a helicopter down and transport it that something is going to go wrong on the other end.

Find them!

Chris Norgren. He was the Aircraft Commander.

www.kake.com...

a reply to: Bigburgh

A CNN article this morning said that ground search teams have the best chance of finding them. There are places air teams just can't see into because of terrain.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Thanks Zaphod. I just got back to this. I needed sleep and had work to do.

Edit: Chris's education is most impressive. And holding a dual certification for a plane and helicopter.
Zaphod, when I ask you if I should start this thread. Did you already know about Chris? Or did fate get you here?

They're flying in two more Hueys to replace the two there. One is from the same unit, the other is from Jacksonville, NC. The two on scene need to undergo scheduled maintenance.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Is that info from PACOM on the replacement/maintenance status?
Also edited my previous post asking about Chris.

a reply to: Bigburgh

No, I honestly had no idea about him. A day or so after this thread was posted that was posted in the group I'm in.

a reply to: Bigburgh

It comes from various sources, including FlightGlobal. They're flying them on two Hickam C-17s. The one from HMLA-469 arrives tomorrow. The one from HMLA-269 will arrive the next day.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Gosh. Then it's a great big small world for you. I can't imagine it not taking much longer before media gets a list of names. Hopefully all families have been told by now.