| Mirrored from www.starbulletin.com Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 9:20:54 PM HST
Updated Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 9:20:54 PM HST
Army to remove two helicopters that crashed last week
| The Army is scheduled tomorrow to remove the two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that crashed and killed six soldiers last week from the Kahuku military training area.
The move to Wheeler Army Air Field, where the two Black Hawks were stationed, was to be by flatbed trucks.
The convoy was to use Kamehameha Highway beginning from Sunset Beach to Wheeler.
The truck carrying the first Black Hawk was to leave at 11 a.m. and the other one a few hours later.
Army safety investigators are still trying to piece together the events leading to the Feb. 16 accident where the helicopter sling loading a Humvee is believed to have hit another Black Hawk. The six fatalities all occurred in one helicopter.
Eleven soldiers walked away from the second one which had been carrying a cargo of crates in cargo net which dangled about 13 feet below the aircraft. |
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