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Feb 03, 2021 10:13 AM EST
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed just shortly after 8 PM on Tuesday, killing three Idaho Army National Guard personnel.
The crash happened near Boise, just south of Lucky Peak.
According to a news released by officials, all three members of the Idaho National Guard who died were pilots and were in the middle of a routine training flight.
In a report by ABC News, Idaho Army National Guard s state aviation officer, Col. Christopher Burt, they were last in contact with the aircraft at around 7:45. After which, at around 8 o clock, the aircraft s Emergency Transmitter Locator device was activated and prompted recovery procedures.
This is a tremendous loss to the Idaho National Guard and our community, Maj. Gen. Michael Garshak, adjutant general of Idaho and commander of the Idaho National Guard, said in the release. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones as we work through this tragedy.
The Idaho Guard s last contact with the Black Hawk occurred at 7:45 p.m., Col. Christopher Burt, the Idaho Guard s state aviation officer, said in the release.
The aircraft s Emergency Transmitter Locator device was activated shortly after 8 p.m., and Burt s team immediately initiated emergency aircraft recovery procedures, which included air and ground search and rescue crews, according to the release.
Three pilots killed in Idaho National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crash
Updated 6:08 PM ET, Wed February 3, 2021
Idaho Gov. Brad Little is briefed on fatal Black Hawk helicopter crash before a news conference Wednesday in Boise. (CNN)Three Idaho Army National Guard members returning from a training exercise died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in snowy, foggy conditions Tuesday night near Boise, the National Guard said.
The three were all trained pilots participating in a routine training mission, a National Guard statement said.
Idaho Army National Guard Col. Christopher Burt said the aircraft was last contacted at 7:45 p.m. After an emergency transmitter locator device aboard the aircraft was activated shortly after 8 p.m., personnel were dispatched to search for the helicopter.
Three pilots killed in Army Guard helicopter crash near Boise February 3 A UH-60 Black Hawk takes off during Idaho Army National Guard training pictured here. (Thomas Alvarez/Idaho National Guard) Three Idaho Army National Guard pilots were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed south of Lucky Peak near Boise not long after 8 p.m. Tuesday. The crew was conducting a routine training flight, though the weather that night was poor due to snowfall and fog, according to Guard officials. The crash marks the second time in less than a month that a three-man National Guard crew has been lost to a Black Hawk mishap.
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Three Idaho Army National Guard personnel were killed after their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed south of Lucky Peak near Boise shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, officials said in a news release.
All three personnel aboard were pilots with the Idaho Army National Guard participating in a routine training flight.
The aircraft was last in contact at 7:45 p.m., according to Col. Christopher Burt, the Idaho Army National Guard s state aviation officer. The Emergency Transmitter Locator device aboard the aircraft was activated shortly after 8 p.m. and recovery procedures were initiated, which included air and ground search and rescue crews.