what really happend wiht the blackhawk

[The Patriot]

what do u guys honestly think about what happend with the blackhawk crash today......it seems that whenever we get into some confict we always have these "accidents"........what do u all think :roll:

[JiJoMacLE45]

Just an increased tempo. Harder, more intensive training. Unfortunely, accidents are bound to happen.

[Ratamacue]

**** happens.

[The Patriot]

u know its ................especially when it always happens whenever we get into a conflict think about it b4 u answer.peace

[Apogee]

that, and people were never really ment to fly. So birds end up crashing more then any other type of vehicle. Its just a dangerous job.

[WARHORSE]

Two survive US Blackhawk crash
March 12 2003

A Black Hawk helicopter carrying 13 people crashed today in a heavily wooded area of a US army post in upstate New York, military officials said.

Two people survived the crash, but authorities did not disclose the fate of the other 11 aboard.

"I would like to extend my condolences to the families of our fallen comrades and I want to assure you that we will fully investigate this terrible accident and do everything in our power to take care of all the families involved in this tragedy," said Major General Franklin Hagenbeck, commander of the 10th Mountain Division.

Military officials refused to take questions at a news briefing.

The helicopter, a widely used transport aircraft, crashed just north of Wheeler-Sack Airfield, Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Hilferty said. He said there was no indication of problems beforehand.


"The first call I got was that it was missing. It just disappeared," Hilferty said. He said he believed the aircraft was on a training mission with at least one other helicopter, perhaps two.

Major Daniel Bohr at Fort Drum said the aircraft last made radio contact shortly before 2pm (0600 AEDT). Rescue crew located the crash site at about 3.30pm (0730 AEDT).

Greg Burnelle, a Jefferson County emergency management official, said the helicopter crashed between the tiny towns of Antwerp and Philadelphia in upstate New York. Burnelle said there were "critical injured people".

Fort Drum, situated along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario about 113km north-east of Syracuse, is home to the 10th Mountain Division and has been a major staging area for reserve units taking part in the build-up toward war with Iraq. Nearly 1,000 division soldiers and reservists have left from Fort Drum in recent weeks.

The training mission had no connection with ongoing war exercises at the base, Hilferty said.

[hood]

This was from foxnews... from what she said, maybe one bumped the other... with all these fatalities from blackhawk crashes, I wonder if they've considered building some kind of airbag into it that would deploy to try and cushion the force a bit on the people inside.


Hazel Seery said she was driving home from work about 2 p.m. when she saw two Army helicopters. After living in the area for 33 years, she has become accustomed to the training flights, but this one was different.

"There was one on the bottom and another helicopter flying on top of it. The one on the bottom's nose was up and the one on the top was tipping down," Seery said.

"I didn't see the crash but I knew something was up with all the commotion outside," she said.

[100%Marine]

Helos are very temperamental.

[Ratamacue]

Well Patriot, if it's happening all the time when war is on the horizon, then it MUST be a conspiracy!

Give me a break.