There are different types or categories of causes military helicopter crashes. When it involves a collision between two craft, were they operating together or on separate missions and crossed the same point in space at the same unfortunate moment? That latter use to be more common, especially when an air assault unit is stationed at your post. The air operations staff officers would have to plot out all air "routes" and calculate flights times to predict possible collision points. And then mitigate them. I imagine computers today make this much easier. But when I first got to Ft. Campbell and the 101st ABN (Air Assault), we had such a collision.
This crash looks like it was the former type- two helicopters operating with each other collided.
RIP.
9 dead after Army helicopters crash in Kentucky
Two Army helicopters crashed in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, causing several casualties, military officials said.
The two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky, according to a statement from Fort Campbell.
The 101st Airborne confirmed the crash about 30 miles northwest of Fort Campbell, saying on Twitter it resulted in “several casualties” but did not specify whether those were injuries or deaths.
“Right now our focus is on the Soldiers and their families who were involved,” it added.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear had said earlier that fatalities were expected, adding that police and emergency officials were responding.
The crash is under investigation.
“The crash occurred in a field, some wooded area,” Kentucky State Police Trooper Sarah Burgess said at a news briefing. “At this time, there are no reports of residence damage.”
Fort Campbell is located near the Tennessee border, about 60 miles northwest of Nashville, and the crash occurred in the Trigg County, Kentucky, community of Cadiz.