Sea King crashes off Denmark
Global National ^ | Thursday, February 02, 2006

HALIFAX -- A Sea King helicopter on the Halifax-based destroyer HMCS Athabaskan has crashed into the sea off the coast of Denmark.

A navy source tells Broadcast News that all five crew members on the chopper were rescued and apparently are in good health.

The Athabaskan left Halifax on January 11th -- on a six month NATO mission.

The Sea Kings have been a maintenance headache on numerous overseas missions, with frequent cancellations of sorties because of breakdowns.

A number of the aging helicopters have crashed over the years, killing several crew members.

The government is buying 28 Cyclones to replace the Sea Kings, but the first won't be delivered until 2008.