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Video: Officials hold press conference after fatal Navy helicopter crash

Posted at 4:24 PM, Jan 08, 2014
and last updated 2014-01-08 21:51:16-05

Officials have now confirmed that two crewmembers are dead and another is still missing after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed near the coast of Virginia Beach on Wednesday.

They confirmed that a MH-53E Sea Dragon from HM-14 (Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14) at Naval Station Norfolk is the helicopter involved.

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