Another Black Hawk Down...
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Another Black Hawk Down...
Happened in the Seatle Area in the US. Apparently there are 2 fatalaties and a third guy missing....
No details yet as to what caused it. Hope there's nothing wrong with Black Hawks in general. First Aus, Iraq etc...
No details yet as to what caused it. Hope there's nothing wrong with Black Hawks in general. First Aus, Iraq etc...
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But a big fleet operating in several war or near-war zones...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/22/cop....ap/index.html
Quote: Investigators would try to piece together what caused the helicopter to crash. "It will be a lengthy process, but we aren't going to put a time limit on safety,"
Wise words - its too easy to place a very short deadline on reaching conclusions - especially here.
More detail, including bad news on the thitd person at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...ter_Crash.html
A third body was found Friday after a Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Lewis crashed on a mountain southeast of Seattle during a scheduled training mission, killing all three aboard, the Army said.
The soldiers were members of the 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment, which has been at Fort Lewis for about a year...
Officials were not releasing the soldiers' identities until at least 24 hours after family had been notified...
The UH-60 Blackhawk medium utility helicopter went down about 9 p.m....
King County sheriff's deputies and civilians found the crash site about 10 p.m. on the south side of 1,835-foot Mount Peak near the King County Fairgrounds, about 45 miles southeast of Seattle and 30 miles east of Fort Lewis...
The crash site was located after a deputy who is also a pilot for the county's helicopter found a piece of a helicopter rotor during the ground search...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/22/cop....ap/index.html
Quote: Investigators would try to piece together what caused the helicopter to crash. "It will be a lengthy process, but we aren't going to put a time limit on safety,"
Wise words - its too easy to place a very short deadline on reaching conclusions - especially here.
More detail, including bad news on the thitd person at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...ter_Crash.html
A third body was found Friday after a Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Lewis crashed on a mountain southeast of Seattle during a scheduled training mission, killing all three aboard, the Army said.
The soldiers were members of the 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment, which has been at Fort Lewis for about a year...
Officials were not releasing the soldiers' identities until at least 24 hours after family had been notified...
The UH-60 Blackhawk medium utility helicopter went down about 9 p.m....
King County sheriff's deputies and civilians found the crash site about 10 p.m. on the south side of 1,835-foot Mount Peak near the King County Fairgrounds, about 45 miles southeast of Seattle and 30 miles east of Fort Lewis...
The crash site was located after a deputy who is also a pilot for the county's helicopter found a piece of a helicopter rotor during the ground search...
