NAIROBI, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The 10 missing crew members from two U.S. Marine Corps helicopters that have crashed off the coast of African country of Djibouti have been recovered, according to reports reaching here on Sunday.

    The U.S. military has said all 12 of the crew, including two who were rescued alive shortly after the choppers went down Friday, were "accounted for" but did not say how many were dead or injured.

    "As of 4:15 p.m. today (1315 GMT), all 12 crewmembers have been accounted for from the crash of two CH-53E helicopters off the coast of Djibouti," it said in a statement on Saturday.

    "Next-of-kin notifications are still ongoing; therefore, no further information regarding the status or condition of the crewmembers will be released at this time," it said.

    The CH-53 helicopters crashed at 5:30 p.m. (2230 GMT) on Friday, and two crew members have been rescued alive by Djiboutian military officials.

    The statement said the rescue operation, which involved at least four U.S., French, Italian warships and three helicopters as well as Djiboutian vessels, had been stopped but that recovery of equipment was still underway.

    "Search and rescue efforts at the crash site have been curtailed, but recovery of pertinent information, equipment and wreckage ... will continue to determine the cause of the crash," it said.

    The two crew members rescued on Friday were in stable conditionand to be flown to the U.S. Army's Landstuhl Army Hospital in Germany, it said.

    The military said the weather at the time of the crashes was partly cloudy with light to variable winds and "unlimited visibility." Enditem