2 Army Blackhawk helicopters crash in Kentucky, causing ‘several casualties’

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two Military helicopters crashed in southwestern Kentucky throughout a routine coaching mission, inflicting a number of casualties, navy officers mentioned.

The 2 HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, a part of the one hundred and first Airborne Division, crashed round 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky, in keeping with a press release from Fort Campbell.

The one hundred and first Airborne confirmed the crash, saying on Twitter it resulted in “a number of casualties” however didn’t specify whether or not these had been accidents or deaths.

“Proper now our focus is on the Troopers and their households who had been concerned,” it added.

The scene of a crash involving two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, a part of the one hundred and first Airborne Division, in Trigg County, Kentucky, on March 29, 2023. (Credit score: WKDZ RADIO, CADIZ KY)

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear had mentioned earlier that fatalities had been anticipated, including that police and emergency officers had been responding.

The crash is beneath investigation.

“The crash occurred in a discipline, some wooded space,” Kentucky State Police Trooper Sarah Burgess mentioned at a information briefing. “Presently, there aren’t any experiences of residence harm.”

Fort Campbell is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) northwest of Nashville.

Final month, two Tennessee Nationwide Guard pilots had been killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed alongside an Alabama freeway throughout a coaching train.