U.S. to resume flights of CH-53 choppers, a week after accident

The U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa said Tuesday it will resume flight operations of its CH-53E transport helicopters from the next day after having kept them grounded following the crash-landing of one of them in the prefecture about a week before.Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, the commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Forces in Japan, is "satisfied that the CH-53E aircraft is prepared to return to safe flight operations," the Marines said in a press release, adding that the decision was "not taken lightly."U.S. military chopper bursts into flames on landing in OkinawaREAD FULL ARTICLE