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.

An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a Navy ship during training, killing one service member and injuring eight, the Navy said.

The Little Creek Navy base and the Army’s Fort Story are finishing their consolidation into one operation.