Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, June 25, 1990 TAG: 9006250059
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Medium
"They located them yesterday evening just before sunset," Lt. Russ Greer, a spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force in Norfolk, said Sunday.
The bodies were taken to Portsmouth Naval Hospital, where the bodies of crewmen found earlier were taken, Greer said.
They have been identified as Lt. Jane T. Paradeis, 26, of Rice, Minn., and Lt. j.g. Jason K. Skubi, 24, of Sandpoint, Idaho.
The bodies found earlier Saturday were identified as Petty Officer 1st Class Norman H. Geisel, 29, of Saint Mary's, Md., and Airman John W. Burkhardt Jr., 21, of Boylston, Mass., Greer said.
Searchers also found additional pieces of the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, which went down at 12:50 p.m. Friday, about 6 1/2 miles off Virginia Beach, he said.
It was flying from the Norfolk Naval Air Station to the USS Detroit, a Sacramento-class fast combat support ship, when it went down within sight of the ship.
The 89-foot-long, twin-engine helicopter is used by the Navy to resupply ships at sea. It can carry loads of 6,000 pounds at speeds of 165 mph.
The Navy and Marine Corps fleet of 340 Sea Knights was grounded twice in May because of mechanical problems.
The first of the Sea Knights entered the service in 1962 and went out of production in 1971. Problems were found in the helicopter's rear transmission and forward rotor in May. Navy technicians replaced the suspect parts before the helicopters were placed back in service, according to Navy officials.
There is no indication the crash was related to those problems, Greer said.
The Navy said the cause of the crash is under investigation.
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