One killed when Army helicopter crashes on Navy ship
Published: October 24, 2009
NORFOLK -- An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a Navy ship during training, killing one service member and injuring eight, the Navy said.
Service members were rappelling down a rope from the helicopter to the USNS Arctic around 8 p.m. Thursday off the Virginia coast near Fort Story when the aircraft crashed, said Lt. J.G. Megan Issac, a Navy spokesman.
The helicopter crashed into the ship's stern and ended up on its side, Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, commander of the Military Sealift Command, said at a news conference yesterday. A small fire on the ship's deck was quickly extinguished.
The cause of the crash was being investigated.
A second helicopter took the injured people to a hospital for treatment. None had life-threatening injuries, Issac said.
The name of the service member killed was not immediately released.
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