U.S. Military Blackhawk helicopter crashes near Lewisberg, West Virginia
February 19th, 2010 - 5:12 am ICT by BNO NewsLEWISBURG, WEST VIRGINIA (BNO NEWS) — An unknown number of people were injured after a Blackhawk military helicopter crashed south of the city of Lewisberg in West Virginia on Thursday, federal officials said.
The crash happened around 2 p.m. local time about 30 miles south of Lewisburg, said Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Peters said the aircraft was a Blackhawk military helicopter carrying an unknown number of people. “Injured are being transported to a local trauma center,” he said. The helicopter had departed Blackstone, Virginia before it crashed. Blackstone Army Airfield is located in Blackstone.
WVVA-TV reported, citing sources, that it was a Navy Helicopter that crashed. It said it was carrying 17 passengers, but BNO News was not immediately able to verify the report.
- U.S. Military Blackhawk helicopter crashes near Lewisberg, West Virginia (Update) - Feb 19, 2010
- U.S. Military Blackhawk helicopter crashes near Lewisberg, West Virginia (Update) - Feb 19, 2010
- Two injured after helicopter crashes in Windham County, Vermont - Apr 22, 2010
- Small plane crashes into Louisa County, Virginia home; 1 dead - Mar 05, 2010
- Helicopter crashes near Gulf of Mexico oil rig platform - May 29, 2012
- One killed in small plane crash at southeastern Virginia airport - May 22, 2010
- Six hurt after small plane crashes in western New York - Aug 02, 2010
- Small plane crash on New York's Long Island kills 1, injures 3 - Oct 18, 2010
- FAA: Small plane crashes New Jersey airport, at least two dead (Update) - Feb 16, 2010
- Five die in Los Angeles-area plane crash - Mar 17, 2011
- Military chopper crashes in Nigeria - Mar 14, 2012
- Caribbean Airlines passenger plane crashes at Guyana airport - Jul 30, 2011
- Small plane crash injures two in Vero Beach, Florida neighborhood - Mar 06, 2010
- American soldier killed in helicopter crash in Iraq - Sep 20, 2009
- News helicopter forced to make hard landing in Los Angeles - Nov 13, 2010
Tags: army airfield, blackhawk helicopter, blackstone virginia, bno, citing sources, crash, faa, federal aviation administration, federal officials, helicopter crashes, lewisburg west virginia, local time, military helicopter, navy helicopter, spokesman, trauma center, unknown number, wvva tv