According to confirmation from authorities on Thursday morning, nine U.S. Army personnel were killed after two Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky on Wednesday night.
The helicopters crashed from Fort Campbell, an army outpost on the Kentucky–Tennessee line, in Trigg County, Kentucky.
According to Fort Campbell, two 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) helicopters on a regular training operation crashed at around 10 p.m. The fort reported that they were HH60 Black Hawks.
On Thursday morning, Brigadier General John Lubas, Deputy Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, stated that there were five people in one helicopter and four in the other, a “fairly typical” configuration and that the helicopters were using night vision goggles to practice a “multi-ship formation.”
Although Lubas claimed that the helicopters were rehearsing medical evacuation drills, the incident happened while flying, not while carrying out such training.
According to Lubas, the next of kin would be notified before the military personnel’s identities were revealed. He said an aircraft safety team from the US Army had been sent to investigate the disaster.
“The command is currently focused on caring for the servicemembers and their families,” the fort said, adding that the incident is under investigation.
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Lubas noted that the Army is doing “everything we can” to notify families as quickly as possible. Some are outside the United States, he said, and he could not say when families would be notified.
A tweet from Gina Macina’s official account remarked, “Last night at 10:00PM – 9 service members were killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky No details about the crash will be released until all family members are notified.”-
Last night at 10:00PM – 9 service members were killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky
No details about the crash will be released until all family members are notified. pic.twitter.com/IOiYPviTwO
— Gina Macina (@GinaMacina60) March 30, 2023
Governors of Tennessee, Bill Lee and Kentucky, Andy Beshear, stated they were “dedicated” to helping the families who lost loved ones on Thursday morning.
“There are no state lines when it comes to taking care of these families and helping them with their grief,” he said.
Beshear tweeted Thursday morning that he was traveling to Fort Campbell “to support our troops and their families after last night’s tragic incident.”
On Wednesday night, the Kentucky State Police, Division of Emergency Management, and municipal officials arrived on the site. According to Lubas, other Army planes had been in the sky, and the fort had been alerted to the occurrence “via many ways.”
Lubas said no one was hurt or killed when the helicopters crashed since they were in an open field next to a neighborhood. Nashville is located around 60 miles northwest of Fort Campbell.
Two Tennessee National Guard pilots were murdered on a routine training flight last month when their Black Hawk chopper crashed in Alabama.
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