A 19-year-old sailor was fatally injured Tuesday when he was struck by the tail rotor of a helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship New Orleans, the Navy announced.
The sailor, whose name was not released pending notification of his family, was airlifted at 10:58 a.m. to the Navy Hospital in Balboa Park with massive head injuries, Navy spokesman Cmdr. David Dillon said.
