Army temporarily grounds Apache helicopter training flights after deadly crash
The U.S. Army said Friday it is temporarily halting Apache helicopter training flights after two soldiers were killed earlier this week in a crash near Fort Hood, Texas.
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The U.S. Army said Friday it is temporarily halting Apache helicopter training flights after two soldiers were killed earlier this week in a crash near Fort Hood, Texas.
The two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation ever carried out by the U.S. military, officials told CBS News.
Dave Schmitz, 81, of Spooner, Wisconsin, was one of two people who died after a helicopter crashed in Lakeville on Saturday. John Lauritsen talked with another veteran about what Schmitz meant to the town.
Two people, including a Vietnam War veteran, were killed in a helicopter crash south of the Twin Cities on Saturday afternoon, federal officials said.
Pilot Dave Schmitz was one of the two people killed in a helicopter crash in Lakeville, Minnesota, on Sept. 6, 2025.
Pilot Dave Schmitz was one of the two people killed in a helicopter crash in Lakeville, Minnesota, on Sept. 6, 2025.
Derek James shares the latest headlines and updates.
There are no survivors after a helicopter went down onto train tracks near the Airlake Airport on Saturday.
Authorities in New York City are still trying to figure out why a sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River. Bradley Blackburn has details about the victims and the investigation.
Authorities say a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on Thursday. Bradley Blackburn shares what we know so far.
The NTSB issued its preliminary report on the midair collision between a passenger plane and helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January.
Minnesota native Wendy Jo Shaffer is among those who died when a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport, family friends tell WCCO.
Iran's president and foreign minister were killed when their helicopter crashed on a mountainside in dense fog, state media say.
The helicopter carrying five Marines crashed during a storm in the mountains outside San Diego.
According to Philadelphia's 6ABC, a pilot and photographer, who were contracted with U.S. Helicopters and part of the 6ABC family, died in the crash.
The chopper crashed during routine flight training. The Army is investigating.
Two people died and at least four others were hurt when a Broward County Sheriff's Office helicopter crashed Monday morning in an apartment building.
One of the incidents involved a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a gyrocopter.
A fourth soldier was hospitalized in the crash.
The choppers were returning from a training flight, the Army says. A fourth troop injured in the crash was hospitalized.
The aircraft were practicing a "multi-ship formation" using night vision goggles when they crashed, officials said.
CBS Charlotte affiliate WBTV identified the two people killed as Jason Myers, a meteorologist at the station, and Chip Tayag, the helicopter's pilot.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.
