FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Two U.S. Army helicopters that crashed final week in Alaska, killing three troopers, collided over a rugged, mountainous space, and there have been no climate points or visibility issues on the time, an Army spokesperson mentioned Sunday.
The 2 AH-64 Apache helicopters have been returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial gunnery vary southeast of Fairbanks after they collided.
Killed have been Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, New York; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment, 32, of North Logan, Utah.
A fourth soldier survived and remained hospitalized Sunday, mentioned John Pennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska.
Investigators deliberate to fly on Monday morning to the accident scene about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the small city of Healy, Pennell mentioned.
The Army grounded aviation models on Friday to conduct additional coaching following latest lethal accidents.
Two Black Hawk helicopters crashed final month in Kentucky throughout a routine nighttime coaching train that killed 9 troopers, and in February a Tennessee Nationwide Guard Black Hawk crashed in Alabama throughout a flight-training mission, killing two crew members. Additionally in February, two troopers have been injured when an Apache helicopter rolled after taking off from Talkeetna, Alaska.
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