Monday, March 5, 2012

1 dead, 8 injured in helicopter crash on Navy ship

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 crash happened, Navy spokeswoman Lt. J. G. Megan Issac said.

The cause of the crash was being investigated.

A second helicopter took the injured people to a hospital for treatment. None had …

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