crew members. and the medical conditions. once we get the information we will bring it to you as soon as possible. until then that is the latest live from leonardtown. i m q mccray. back to you. nancy: thank you. the helicopters are the main stay of the short range transportation for the army. modified versions of the aircraft are in use across branches of the military. the senior investigative reporter lisa fletcher joining us from the live desk with more on the crash history of the blackhawk. lisa: the blackhawk is the army front line utility helicopter that is used for air assaults and evacuation. it s a workhorse and considered dependable. especially in extreme conditions like sand, heat and bad weather. given that 4,000 of these have been built and rotated in and out of the service since 1979, there are bound to be accidents. at least 60 soldiers were killed in crashes in blackhawk s in noncombat the worst was when two slided in kentucky. 17 conditionals were killed. i
q: the crew members names will not be released until the families know what happened. they are working on that now. we will keep you focused. that is the latest from leonardtown. back to you. jonathan: that looks like golfers got to help the crew get out of the helicopter. the blackhawk helicopter is a workforce for the army. 4,000 unites have been built over the years. i entered service in 1979. the base model is $6 million. 60 soldiers have been killed in the crashes dating back 35 years. the most recent crash was four months ago. the crash did injure four soldiers. there are crews at leonard town. nancy: this come michelle: this comes after work continues from a fighter jet that went down in a training mission. the pilot ejected safely and was not hurt. there is more breaking news. this is out of montgomery county. flames are out at recycling business. there were several vehicles and a pile of scrap caught on fire. it was tough to put out. they used the foam to put the
that crash landing this afternoon. this is the breton bay golf course. we re being kept at a very far distance from the actual scene where the investigation is taking place, but this gives you an idea. we have photos, we do have video of the scene. this is a photo from baynet.com, a reporter was able to get close to the wreckage when it happened. also our chopper 4 was able to get some images of the scene from a distance. this is a black hawk helicopter that made a hard landing just before 2:00 this afternoon. we understand that there were three people on board this helicopter. one person was airlifted to the hospital. we don t have any update at this point on their conditions. if we can go ahead and show you the scene here as i m speaking a little bit. if you look off in the distance, there s a helicopter that s continuing to circle around this area. we re not sure why, but we re seeing other helicopters come through the area. this chopper in crashed this afternoon is based
he saw the chopper in distress and saw it go down. watched the helicopter come by, sitting very low, and my brother made a comment, look how low it is, and then i said, oh, my god, it s going sideways, and then it started to go backwards, and i said it s going down and it went down. what were you thinking at that moment? we just took off over there, just wasn t good. both my brothers, they went right up to the scene, i stayed back, i was leery with all the stuff that was on the ground and what not and worried about explosions. reporter: so, again, you heard from him that there was some concern among people that there could be some danger there. again, we have not yet heard from the military on that. we are expecting a briefing from the military at some point this afternoon. there s a media staging area. as soon as we have that, we ll bring you that information, stay tuned to nbc washington.com and the news4 app. back to you. thank you, darcy. the uh-60 helicopter,
course in the leonardtown area of st. mary s county. the army confirms one person died in the crash. we washed the helicopter come by, sitting very low and my brother said, look how low it is. and i said, oh, my god, it s going sideways, then it started to go backwards and it went down. reporter: just before 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon, witnesses say they saw it fly low, spin, and crash to the ground. three people on board, one died, one in critical condition, one in serious condition. the blackhawk hawk was based at fort belvoir. there were a lot of first responders on the scene, and a lot of witnesses. they confirmed they did see the helicopter circling, almost spinning out of control before they heard it crash and hit the ground. reporter: joyce rum is a reporter with the bayonet.com, she got to the seen and took photos of the wreckage. being a military wife she said it hit home forer community, which has a large military presence. being a military community, some