In a statement to NBC News on Friday, a Ocean spokesman confirmed that upgrading the super stallion with the technology is "good cost" due to the remaining service life of the aircraft.

The Marine Corps is part of the Marine Corps, which has been using powerful super stallions to transport heavy equipment, supplies and troops for more than 30 years. According to the investigation report, replacing the super stallion destroyed in the crash will cost nearly $72 million.

"The investigation team of this incident worked thoroughly and thoroughly evaluated possible situations and simulations to draw conclusions of available data and analysis," said a spokesperson for the Third Marine Corps Wing.

However, a spokesman said the latest variant of a Marine helicopter named CH-53K King Stallion is equipped with a crash-survivable flight data recorder with sound recording capabilities, which is expected to replace the old super stallion fleet in fiscal 2032.

The Marine Corps announced in July 2023 that they will begin fusing a survivable, high-temperature, fire-resistant flight data recorder surviving crash into all MV-22B Ospreys after another fatal incident.

Dad pushed for an update of outdated federal technology after a series of aviation disasters this year, including the deadliest air crash in nearly a quarter of a century. On January 29, a Black Hawk Army crashed into a commercial aircraft in central Washington, D.C., killing all 67 people on the plane and helicopter.

The Army helicopter has a black box, and officials say they have recovered and are in good condition.

"There are a lot of questions that were answered," Langan said during the investigation. Investigators were able to give a thorough overview of what they had and how long the disaster had happened less than a month.

"We will never have it," Langan said.

Nationwide, worried pilots and air traffic controllers have also pleaded with the Federal Aviation Administration to identify its aging infrastructure in the event of close calls and equipment failures.

Call for changes to follow repeated mechanical failures on super stallions.

In 2014, the super stallion of 25 service personnel crashed due to catastrophic failure of one of the engines. Four years later, four Marines were killed when their super stallion crashed during a training mission in Southern California.

The Marine Corps investigation found that the 2018 crash was caused by the defective part, according to a Marine Corps lawsuit filed against suppliers and manufacturers of the component. According to Dave Casey, a San Diego lawyer representing the pilot, the case has been resolved and the settlement is confidential.

Investigators said the crash that killed Langen's son in February 2024 was not the result of material or mechanical failures in any component on the plane, although they said the helicopter's engine warning lights were wrongly turned on earlier in the day due to worn wires.

Investigators made some suggestions to Marine Corps leaders, including clarifying the fuzzy language in the protocol and determining how best to train the squadron’s commanders to authorize flights, but they did not address the data that hindered their investigation.

"As a parent, you want to know what's going on," Langan said.

The investigation report shows that five members of the Ocean Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 took off from Imperial County Airport, refueled from an earlier flight to Nevada and headed to Marine Airline Miramar in San Diego shortly after 10 p.m. on February 6, 2024.

There were three pilots on board: Captain Miguel Nava, 28, Captain Benjamin Malton, 27, and Captain Jack Casey, 26, was also on board. Donovan Davis, 21, was recently promoted.

Sgt. Alec Langen, 23, is a crew member, responsible for the safety of passengers and other cargo and on-flight maintenance. His father said he got married about a month ago.

His family told NBC News that Nava, of Travers, Michigan, has just become a father and welcomes a baby boy with his wife.

About 30 minutes later, they all hit a ridge near Pine Valley, California.

Search and Rescue Team 10 hours To find their bodies in remote areas covered by snow. At least two of them were killed immediately, one completely unrecognized, found in a burning jet fuel pool, the report said.

"The hardest part about reading is that five of them lie there until eight in the morning," Langan said.

Investigators said the worsening weather conditions should signal the crew that a safe takeoff is not feasible, but they were unable to “point an explanation” to explain why they took off.

After the crash, Davis' father said the family "worked to understand the operational necessity of flying to one of the worst storms in Southern California's history."

Gregory Davis asked the Department of Defense to conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances behind the decision that led to the crash, "so that we may have some understanding and shutdown of the meaningless losses of our son and brother."

The report said the team's commander was fired in November 2024 after officials determined they "expressed bad judgment" and "beyond his power" to approve the flight.

Investigators said he should have spent less than two minutes talking to the pilot about the weather conditions and its planned route, and that he should seek higher aircraft approval, but they did not blame him for the crash.

Langan said he and his wife “never thought of any fingers.” They just wanted answers to why they no longer had a son “greater than life”, who towered over the 6-foot-5 most, always smiling and following in the footsteps of his veteran father.

To find clearer information, Langen said he studied autopsy reports and 1,140-page investigation reports, which were sometimes edited extensively. He also checked for serious photos of the accident and visited the crash site.

This will only create more heartbreak.

Instead, Langen rested his son without knowing what happened at the last moment. Langan said the family held a funeral at Phoenix Skyport International Airport, where officials briefly closed the airspace to commemorate a man who served for seven years and plans to pursue a career in the Marine Corps.

When he died, Alec Langen was transferred to a safer job in just three weeks, his father said.