The
status of the crew members was not immediately known, the U.S.
Army's Fort Campbell said in a statement to Reuters, without
providing the number of people who were on board.
"We’ve got some tough news out of Fort Campbell, with early
reports of a helicopter crash, and fatalities are expected,"
governor Andy Beshear said in a post on Twitter, adding that
local authorities and emergency services were responding to the
accident.
Crew members were flying two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters,
operated by the 101st Airborne Division, which crashed at around
10:00 p.m. ET (0200 GMT Thursday) in Kentucky's Trigg County,
Fort Campbell's public affairs office said.
"The command is currently focused on caring for the service
members and their families," the statement said, adding that the
cause of the crash was under investigation.
The HH-60 is a variant of the Black Hawk helicopter designed to
provide support for various military operations, including air
assaults and medical evacuations, according to the Army.
(Reporting by Akriti Sharma and Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing
by Christian Schmollinger and Bernadette Baum)
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