Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear mourned the lost soldiers and praised those who responded to the crash. “We have a safety team coming … from Fort Rucker, Alabama who specialise in aircraft safety and specifically these investigations,” Lubas said. With an investigative team heading to Fort Campbell from the base where US Army Aviation is headquartered in Alabama, it was still unknown whether the two helicopters collided. The helicopters - which were flying in formation with the pilots using night vision goggles - were able to land in an open field across from a residential area, avoiding deaths or injuries on the ground, he said. It “resulted in the death of all nine service members aboard the aircraft,” all of them members of the 101st Airborne Division, which is based at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, he said.įive soldiers were on one helicopter and four on another, Lubas said, noting that the military is still working to notify all the families of those killed. The helicopters - variants of the Black Hawk designed for medical evacuation - were taking part in a routine training mission the night before when the crash occurred, Brigadier General John Lubas told a news conference. Two US Army helicopters crashed during a nighttime training mission in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers on board, a general said on Thursday.
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