3 are killed in National Guard helicopter crash in Minnesota, governor says
Source: Washington Post
A Minnesota National Guard helicopter with three guardsmen aboard crashed in central Minnesota on Thursday afternoon, killing all members of the crew, Gov. Tim Walz said at a news conference. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a maintenance test flight from St. Cloud, Minn., when the National Guard lost contact with the aircraft, officials said.
The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a maintenance test flight from St. Cloud, Minn., when the National Guard lost contact with the aircraft, officials said in a tweet. The signal went down around 2 p.m. local time. The helicopter was missing for hours before the National Guard confirmed that it went down south of the Minnesota city of roughly 66,000.
Several state and local agencies canvassed the area to search for the crashed craft and converged on the scene when it was found, authorities said. The fire department in St. Paul, roughly 75 miles southeast of St. Cloud, sent members of its aviation rescue team after the helicopter sent a “mayday” signal, the department said in a statement.
The St. Cloud Times reported that the helicopter took off at about 1:55 p.m. and called mayday nine minutes later. By 2:15, the helicopter had crashed into a tree stand near Marty, a rural township south of St. Cloud, Stearns County Sheriff Chief Deputy Dan Miller said in a brief news conference near the crash site. Aerial footage of the wreckage showed a twisted helicopter frame amid downed trees and snow-covered ground.
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