Helikopterhavariet oppdateringer - NRK / Associated Press

 30. mars 2023 kl. 15:04 

ABC: Ni soldatar omkom i helikopterkrasj

 

Alle ni om bord dei to helikoptera til det amerikanske forsvaret som krasja onsdag kveld lokal tid, er døde, melder ABC News.

Flygingane skal ha vore eit «rutinemessig treningsoppdrag», har forsvaret sagt til ABC. Forsvaret melder at dei om bord skal ha brukt nattbriller.

Krasjet skjedde i Trigg County, eit stykke frå Fort Cambell på grensa mellom Kentucky og Tennessee. Eitt av helikoptera hadde fem personar om bord, medan det andre hadde fire.

– Vi fokuserer no på å vareta dei som gjer teneste og familiane til dei råka, seier talsperson Nondice Thurman.

Army Helicopters Collide Over Fort Campbell, Ky.; At Least 6 Dead

TED BRIDISJune 19, 1996

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) _ Two Army helicopters collided Tuesday as soldiers descended to the ground on ropes in an air-assault demonstration for a group of visitors. At least six people were reported killed and 16 injured.

The accident _ the military’s second fatal helicopter collision in just over a month _ occurred during the afternoon when the propellers of the two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters hit each other, Lt. Col. Ray Whitehead said at Army headquarters at the Pentagon. Both helicopters crashed to the ground.

The helicopters were taking part in a demonstration in which soldiers lowered themselves from the aircraft on ropes, Whitehead said.

A group of visitors from the Association of the U.S. Army, or AUSA, was watching, WJZM radio of Clarksville, Tenn., reported. AUSA is devoted to boosting cooperation between Army bases and businesses in towns nearby.

An Army official at the Pentagon, speaking on condition of anonymity, said six people were killed and at least 16 injured.

It was not immediately known if anyone on the ground was injured.

The helicopters are part of the elite 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell, which straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee line. The Black Hawk helicopter is used for attack missions or medical evacuations. It usually has a crew of three and can carry up to 11 combat-equipped troops.

On May 10, two Marine helicopters collided in the dark at Camp Lejeune, N.C., killing 14 servicemen and seriously injured two. The CH-46E Sea Knight troop carrier and an AH-1W Super Cobra assault ship were participating in war games involving thousands of British and American troops.

The helicopter crash on Tuesday is the second at Fort Campbell this year. Five soldiers were killed when an MH-47E Chinook crashed near the Tennessee border on March 7 during a training mission.