Military helicopter crashes off Florida

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  • Crews lower a piece of a Black Hawk helicopter onto a barge in the Santa Rosa Sound near Pritchard Point, Friday, March 13, 2015, in Navarre, Fla. The helicopter, which crashed in dense fog during a training mission, was carrying seven Marines based in North Carolina along with four National Guard soldiers from Louisiana. All were killed. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek) ORG XMIT: FLPLA103
  • A small memorial stands in the sand along Highway 98 in Navarre, Fla., Thursday, March 12, 2015. Divers have found the military helicopter that crashed in dense fog Tuesday night during a Florida training mission, killing seven elite Marines and four experienced soldiers. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Jennie McKeon) ORG XMIT: FLPLA101
  • (l-r) Nick Bush, Savannah Hardage,15, and Jennifer Holland help each other light their candles Wednesday night as the candlight vigil at the end of the Navarre Pier prepared to get underway. The vigil was held to honor the memory of the men who died in Tuesday night’s Blackhawk helicopter crash east of the Navarre Beach Bridge during a training exercise.
  • Flags and lit candles were placed at the entrance of the Navarre Pier Wednesday night to honor each of the 11 men killed in a training exercise Tuesday night when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed east of the Navarre Beach Bridge.
  • Dozens of people came out Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil at the end of the Navarre Beach Pier to honor the memory of the 11 men killed when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed during a training exercise Tuesday evening east of the Navarre Beach Bridge.
  • Matt Arnold and Tyler McNeely of the Momentum Church play their guitars and lead people attending the Navarre Pier candlelight vigil in songs of praise Wednesday night as they honor the memory of the men killed in the crash of a Blackhawk helicopter Tuesday night east of the Navarre Beach Bridge.
  • The Eglin Air Force Base Honor Guard enters as a candlelight memorial service honoring victims in an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash is held Wednesday evening, March 11, 2015, at Navarre First Assembly of God in Navarre, Fla. Simultaneously, the search was continuing for any survivors after the Tuesday night crash off the Florida Panhandle. Seven Marines and four members of the Louisiana National Guard were on a routine nighttime training mission at Eglin Air Force Base. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mike Brantley) ORG XMIT: ALBIN203
  • A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies over Santa Rosa Sound near Navarre, Fla. Wednesday, March 11, 2015 as search crews and divers look for the crash site of a Army Black Hawk helicopter that went down Tuesday evening with 11 service members aboard. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine) ORG XMIT: FLPLA101
  • Military and civilian personnel search the waters Wednesday, March 11, 2015 in Navarre, Fla. Searchers struggled Wednesday to find the seven Marines and four soldiers killed when a helicopter crashed, hampered by the same fog that plagued a nighttime training mission. (AP Photo/The Pensacola News Journal, Tony Giberson) NO SALES ORG XMIT: FLPEJ302
  • Search teams check beaches for helicopter debris about one mile east of the Navarre Beach (Fla.) bridge on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A military official says seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a training mission are presumed dead. But it’s impossible to be sure. (Bruce Graner, Pensacola News Journal) ORG XMIT: GANNETT [Via MerlinFTP Drop]
  • Part of a door assembly of what could be the wreckage of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter sits on Riviera Beach in Navarre, Fla., Wednesday, March, 11, 2015. Human remains washed ashore in heavy fog Wednesday after seven Marines and four soldiers were believed to be killed in an Army helicopter crash during a night-time training mission in Florida. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Jennie McKeon) ORG XMIT: FLPLA105
  • A resident talks to men wearing firefighter vests about bits of wreckage possibly from downed helicopter on the beach a mile east of the Navarre Beach (Fla.) bridge on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A military official says seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a training mission are presumed dead. But it’s impossible to be sure. (Bruce Graner, Pensacola News Journal) ORG XMIT: GANNETT [Via MerlinFTP Drop]
  • Part of a wheel assembly of what could be the wreckage of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter sits on on Riviera Beach in Navarre, Fla., Wednesday, March, 11, 2015. Human remains washed ashore in heavy fog Wednesday after seven Marines and four soldiers were believed to be killed in an Army helicopter crash during a night-time training mission in Florida. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Jennie McKeon) ORG XMIT: FLPLA104
  • A resident talks to men wearing firefighter vests about bits of wreckage possibly from downed helicopter on the beach a mile east of Navarre Beach (Fla.) Bridge on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A military official says seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a training mission are presumed dead. But it’s impossible to be sure. (Tony Giberson, Pensacola News Journal) ORG XMIT: GANNETT [Via MerlinFTP Drop]
  • The Coast Guard has joined the search for the Black Hawk helicopter that went down off of Navarre Beach.
  • Military personnel wade in the water and search on the beach under heavy fog at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Wednesday, March 11, 2015, for the wreckage of a military helicopter that crashed with 11 service members aboard. The helicopter went down Tuesday evening. A Pentagon official says all aboard are presumed dead. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson-Gabriel) ORG XMIT: FLMN101
  • Search boats look for a missing Army National Guard helicopter in heavy fog about a mile east of the Navarre Beach (Fla.) bridge on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A military official says the seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a training mission are presumed dead. But it’s impossible to be sure. (Bruce Graner, Pensacola News Journal) ORG XMIT: GANNETT [Via MerlinFTP Drop]
  • Sheriff’s deputies restrict traffic along Navarre Beach, Fla., as military and state law enforcement officials search for the wreckage of a military helicopter, Wednesday March 11, 2015. Seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a routine night training mission were presumed dead Wednesday. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine) ORG XMIT: FLPLA103
  • An Okaloosa County ambulance sits at the Eglin Air Force Base entrance, near Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a routine night training mission were presumed dead Wednesday, and crews found human remains despite heavy fog hampering search efforts, military officials said. (AP Photo/Northwest Daily News, Devon Ravine) ORG XMIT: FLPLA101
  • An Arizona Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter soars over a low layer of clouds during a flight to the Western Army Aviation Training site in Marana, Arizona o March 4, 2015. In a Pentagon a statement released Wednesday two UH-60 aircraft, similar to that pictured, assigned to the Hammond, Louisiana Army National Guard were participating in a training exercise over night. One aircraft with four aircrew and seven Marines assigned to Camp LaJeune, North Carolina was involved in an accident near Eglin Air Force base range site A-17, east of the Navarre Bridge in Florida. The helicopter was reported missing at about 8:30EST March 10. Debris from the aircraft was located by search and rescue team at about 2 a.m. this morning. Search and rescue efforts are underway at the accident site currently. The second helicopter and its personnel on board have returned and are accounted for. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD / Staff Sgt. Brian A. Barbour == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US ARMY AIR NATIONAL GUARD / Staff Sgt. Brian A. Barbour “/ NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == Staff Sgt. Brian Barbour/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: – ORIG FILE ID: 538734825