17 die in mid-air helicopter crash
NZPA-AP Fort Campbell. Kentucky Two United States military helicopters collided during a training mission and crashed 75m to the ground., throwing burning wreckage; across a wooded area and killing 17 servicemen, the United States army said. The UH-b’O Blackhawk helicopters had collided at about 10km from the Fort Campbell Army Air Field, said Major Randy Schoel, a public information officer. The Blackhawk is one
! | of the military’s most recent helicopters, but has been grounded several times. Officials said last year that about 40 people'Bad been killed in crashes! of the helicopter since 1978. Major Schoel said the crash had occurred during a "routine night mission” and that all ! 17 aboard were killed. The helicopters had been flying at 150km/h when they collided. | The accident had j occurred when one of three helicopters flying I in
formation; was hit by a fourth, said William Harralson, deputy public affairs officer. The other two Blackhawk helicopters had landed safely. The Army’s fleet of 820 UH-60s I was grounded twice in I May, once for inspection and once because of! a design flaw. The entire fleet was also grounded in April, 1985, and March. 1986, after fatal crashes. In 1985, the Army identified a defect in the! main rotor assembly and ordered it to be corrected.
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