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Helicopter Crash Kills 4 Soldiers
Helicopter Crash Kills 4 Soldiers
Sep 19, 2025 4:30 PM CDT

Helicopter Crash Kills 4 Soldiers

Soldiers on training mission were based in Washington state

(Newser) - Four soldiers who were part of a team that does nighttime missions were killed when the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were aboard crashed this week near a military base in Washington state, Army officials said Friday. The helicopter was on a routine training mission west of the base when...

NTSB Begins Digging Into Potomac Plane Crash

3 days of hearings open in search of what caused the disaster, as well as for possible solutions

(Newser) - Three days of hearings into the equally tragic and public collision in January between an Army helicopter and a passenger plane within a stone's throw of the nation's capital got underway on Wednesday, reports NBC Boston . The National Transportation Safety Board, which won't release its final report...

Helicopter Flights to Pentagon Are Suspended After New Scare

Two planes were told to abandon landings at National when a helicopter got too close

(Newser) - Days after a scare in which two airliners were told to abort their landings at Reagan National Airport in Washington—site of a fatal midair crash in January—the Army announced its helicopter flights into the nearby Pentagon are being suspended. The order applies to a unit of Black Hawk...

One Factor in Potomac Crash: 'See and Avoid' Tactic

Helicopter pilot was given permission to use the common procedure, but here it failed

(Newser) - A New York Times investigation into the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger plane near Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed 67 people in January does not pin the blame on a single factor but on a series of complex ones. However, the story by Kate Kelly...

Black Hawk May Have Missed Key Instruction Before Collision

Evidence suggests the helicopter crew didn't hear critical information

(Newser) - Investigators revealed on Friday the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Regan National Airport in Washington, DC, last month may not have heard critical instructions from air traffic control prior to the fatal accident. NBC Washington reports a...

Army Withholds Name of Female Pilot Killed in DC Crash

She was taking part in her annual evaluation exercise

(Newser) - The Army released the identities of the two men aboard the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, but the New York Times reports it took the "extraordinary step" not to name the female pilot due to a request...

What We Know About the Potomac Plane Crash

Young US skaters were returning from a training camp in Wichita; Russian skaters also aboard

(Newser) - Emergency crews have recovered more than 30 bodies from the Potomac River following Wednesday night's plane crash , reports NBC News . As of Thursday morning, there was no word on any survivors after an American Airlines jet with 64 aboard collided with an Army helicopter carrying three. Coverage:
  • Figure skaters:
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US Must Pay Snowmobiler Who Hit Military Chopper

Jeff Smith suffered serious injures in March 2019 crash when he struck camouflaged Black Hawk

(Newser) - The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages, per the AP . US District Judge Mark Mastroianni blamed both...

Snowmobiler Hit Parked Black Hawk, Sues US for $9.5M
Snowmobiler Hit
Parked Black Hawk,
Sues US for $9.5M
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Mar 10, 2024 11:45 AM CDT

Snowmobiler Hit Parked Black Hawk, Sues US for $9.5M

Jeff Smith says crew should have alerted snowmobilers to helicopter's presence

(Newser) - Jeff Smith was whizzing along on a snowmobile one evening in March 2019 when something dark appeared in front of him. He hit his brakes but couldn't avoid the rear tail of a Black Hawk helicopter parked on the trail in Worthington, Massachusetts. The crash almost cost Smith his...

Soldier's Suicide Involved 2 Helicopter Crashes

Report reveals tragedy at Georgia's Fort Stewart as Army adjusts its mental health care

(Newser) - An Army officer crashed a Black Hawk helicopter in an attempt to kill himself but, failing to do so, ran to a second helicopter, which he subsequently launched and fatally crashed. That's according to a redacted investigation report released Wednesday, more than a year after the March 2022 incident...

6 Americans Dead After Black Hawk Crashes in Egypt

Helicopter went down during routine peacekeeping mission near the Red Sea: MFO

(Newser) - Eight peacekeepers, including six Americans, were killed in a helicopter crash during a routine mission in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday. A ninth peacekeeper, also American, was badly injured, per the AP . The Multinational Force and Observers said a French...

'Always Hope': Search Goes on in Black Hawk Crash

Some remains recovered; military searches for those presumed lost

(Newser) - All 11 soldiers and Marines on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in heavy fog off the Florida Panhandle Tuesday night are presumed lost, but officials stress that they are still engaged in a search-and-rescue mission that will go on for as long as necessary. There were definitely...

Human Remains Found in Black Hawk Crash Off Florida

7 Marines, 4 National Guard soldiers presumed dead

(Newser) - Eleven military personnel are missing after an Army helicopter crashed last night during a training exercise in the Florida Panhandle, and an anonymous official tells the AP they are presumed dead. "We have found some human remains," Eglin Air Force Base spokesman Andy Bourland tells NBC News . Seven...

6 Americans Dead in Afghan Helicopter Crash

1 survivor as Black Hawk goes down in Zabul province

(Newser) - Six US service members were killed today when a helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, US and NATO officials said. One person on board the Black Hawk UH-60 was injured and survived, two US defense officials said. The aircraft was an Army helicopter from an Army unit, but officials have not...

Big Winner in Immigration Plan: Defense Firms

Calls for specific equipment could bring companies tens of millions

(Newser) - The defense industry must be loving the Senate's highly particular new Mexican border security plan. Under the legislation, the Border Patrol needs to purchase six Northrop Grumman airborne radar systems—each at $9.3 million; 15 Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters, which go for about $17 million; eight American Eurocopter...

US Arms Sales Hog 75% of Global Market

Washington's overseas sales tripled last year

(Newser) - America's weapon sales abroad last year skyrocketed to $66.3 billion, triple the 2010 figure of $21.4 billion, according to a nonpartisan report. US sales accounted for more than three-quarters of the $85.3 billion market and marked a record high for sales in a year, blowing away...

7 Americans Killed in Afghan Copter Crash

Taliban claims responsibility

(Newser) - The Taliban is taking credit for a NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed seven Americans today. A rep for the group says it shot down the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in Kandahar province this morning. Three members of Afghanistan's security forces also died in the crash, along with a...

4 Americans Feared Dead in Afghan Chopper Crash

Black Hawk goes down in the south

(Newser) - A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan today, and four Americans aboard are feared dead, reports CNN . The crash occurred during bad weather, though it's too early to rule out enemy fire as a cause, says a defense official. Only the four Americans were on the Army...

How the bin Laden Raid Almost Went Horribly Wrong

Officials give AP a detailed recounting of what really happened

(Newser) - SEAL Team 6 had an elaborate plan for the Osama bin Laden raid—and it evaporated pretty much immediately. The plan had called for a pincher attack, with one team of SEALs entering the house from the roof, and another from the courtyard, sources tell the AP in an exclusive...

Helicopter Goes Down, Killing 14
Helicopter Goes Down, Killing 14
Aug 22, 2007 5:56 AM CDT

Helicopter Goes Down, Killing 14

Black Hawk crashes north of Baghdad, killing 14

(Newser) - An American helicopter crashed in northern Iraq today, killing all 14 soldiers aboard, reports CNN. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was one of two performing a night operation when it went down in the area around Tikrit, north of Baghdad, the US military said in a statement.

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