SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least one Black Hawk helicopter crashed near a Utah ski resort Tuesday morning during a Utah National Guard training exercise.
Two helicopters were involved in the accident near Snowbird ski resort, but no crew members were hurt, the National Guard said in a post on Twitter. Both UH-60 helicopters were damaged.
Shortly after the crash near the Mineral Basin, the resort tweeted that the area was closed to skiing, as well as a lift and a tram.
Video of the crash aftermath was filmed by a Utah-based Twitter user and quickly made the rounds on local news outlets.
Police are responding to the site about 28 miles from Salt Lake City.
Sgt. Melody Cutler, a spokeswoman for Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake did not immediately have additional details.
The Utah National Guard is also investigating.
| Date: | 22-FEB-2022 |
| Time: | c. 10:19 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-61N |
| Owner/operator: | Croman Corporation |
| Registration: | N615CK |
| MSN: | 61814 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Pacific Missile Range Facility (BHK/PHBK), HI -  United States of America |
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | External load operation |
| Departure airport: | Kekaha-Barking Sands Airport, HI (BKH/PHBK) |
| Kekaha-Barking Sands Airport, HI (BKH/PHBK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Narrative:
A Sikorsky S-61N crashed north of Pacific Missile Range Facility (BHK/PHBK), Barking Sands, Hawaii.
The four POB were killed and the helicopter was destroyed.
The helicopter had just retrieved an object from the water and was trying to drop it on the ground.
| Date: | 22-FEB-2022 |
| Time: | c. 14:30 |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-17V-5 |
| Owner/operator: | Ejército Bolivariano (Venezuelan Army) |
| Registration: | 00764 |
| MSN: | 862M06 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pavía, Lara -  Venezuela |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news or social media reports |
Narrative:
A Mil Mi-17V-5 of the Venezuelan Army crashed in Pavía, Lara, Venezuela, and caught fire.
Two of the occupants were killed and two were injured.
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