Echo 051: Difference between revisions

'''Echo 051''' was a [[UNSC]] [[Pelican]] dropship in service in late [[2552]], during the final battles of the [[Human-Covenant War]].

That year, the Pelican was used during the [[Second Battle of Earth]], and the [[Second Battle of New Mombasa]]. There, Echo 051 and another unknown Pelican were sent to retrieve the [[Master Chief]] and the [[Arbiter]] as well as [[Sergeant Major]] [[Johnson]] and a [[platoon]] of [[Marines]]. Unfortunately, the two Pelicans were ambushed by [[Covenant]] [[Banshees]] and [[Phantoms]] piloted by the [[Brutes]]. Echo 051 was able to maneuver away from the fire, even though it took a direct hit on its front right engine as it was loading soldiers, spinning out of control and crashing upside down near a cliff where its survivors, including Sergeant Johnson, were captured by the Brutes. Its unknown wingman spun in the same direction but crashed in the river, sinking to the bottom.

[[Kilo 023]] was later sent to retrieve the survivors of the crash of Echo 051, Master Chief, and the Arbiter. <ref>[[Halo 3]], level [[Arrival]]</ref>.