FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Investigators recovered “black containers” from two U.S. Military Black Hawk helicopters that crashed final week in Kentucky, killing all 9 troopers aboard, the navy introduced Tuesday.
A U.S. Military aviation security crew from Fort Rucker, Alabama, discovered the flight information recorders, that are generally known as black containers in civilian plane, from the HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, a information launch from the one hundred and first Airborne Division (Air Assault) mentioned. The helicopters crashed close to Fort Campbell throughout a nighttime coaching train on March 29. The recorders have been despatched to Fort Rucker for additional evaluation.
“The length of the investigation is set by the thorough evaluation of all components,” division spokesman Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler mentioned within the information launch.
The pilots have been utilizing night-vision goggles throughout the train, Military officers mentioned. Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the one hundred and first Airborne deputy commander, has mentioned the accident occurred whereas the helicopters have been flying and never throughout a medical evacuation drill.
The troopers’ stays have been taken to Dover Air Power Base, which is house to the Joint Service Mortuary Affairs Workplace, officers mentioned.
Three of the troopers killed within the crash have been posthumously promoted to the subsequent larger grade, officers mentioned: Sgt. Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, 23, of Austin, Texas; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Zachary Esparza, 36, of Jackson, Missouri; and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Aaron Healy, 32, of Cape Coral, Florida.
The others killed have been Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, 33, of Milton, Florida; Sgt. Isaacjohn Gayo, 27, of Los Angeles, California; Employees Sgt. Joshua C. Gore, 25, of Morehead Metropolis, North Carolina; Employees Sgt. Taylor Mitchell, 30, of Mountain Brook, Alabama; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, 32, of Rolla, Missouri; and Sgt. David Solinas Jr., 23, of Oradell, New Jersey, the Military mentioned.
