Military Helicopter Crashes, Mt. Hood OR
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Military Helicopter Crashes, Mt. Hood OR
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2100z 30May02: U.S. military helicopter crashes at Mt. Hood, Oregon during rescue effort of 7 civilians who have fallen into cravasse there.
2100z 30May02: U.S. military helicopter crashes at Mt. Hood, Oregon during rescue effort of 7 civilians who have fallen into cravasse there.
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GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon (CNN) -- Three people died and four others were trapped in a crevasse on Mount Hood after they fell during a climbing expedition Thursday, a Clackamas County fire official said.
A rescue mission encountered further disaster when a military Black Hawk helicopter attempting to reach the climbers crashed Thursday afternoon on the side of the mountain. The chopper's rotors smashed into the mountainside and broke apart, sending the damaged aircraft rolling down a snowy slope.
There were no immediate reports of injuries from the chopper crash.
The climbers were with others in a group just 800 feet from Mount Hood's summit when they fell, Clackamas County fire Capt. Jamie Karn said. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were "absolutely beautiful -- a clear, sunny day," Karn said.
No details on the ages or nationalities of the climbers were available.
Mount Hood is in the Cascade Mountains and is more than 11,000 feet high
A rescue mission encountered further disaster when a military Black Hawk helicopter attempting to reach the climbers crashed Thursday afternoon on the side of the mountain. The chopper's rotors smashed into the mountainside and broke apart, sending the damaged aircraft rolling down a snowy slope.
There were no immediate reports of injuries from the chopper crash.
The climbers were with others in a group just 800 feet from Mount Hood's summit when they fell, Clackamas County fire Capt. Jamie Karn said. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were "absolutely beautiful -- a clear, sunny day," Karn said.
No details on the ages or nationalities of the climbers were available.
Mount Hood is in the Cascade Mountains and is more than 11,000 feet high
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