‘We are going to make sure their families know they are loved’: Officials give briefing on military helicopter crash
TRIGG COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) — Gov. Andy Beshear says we are “going to make sure their families know they are loved” after nine service members were confirmed to have died when two military helicopters crashed into one another during a routine training mission Wednesday night.
Five service members were in one helicopter and four were in the other conducting a multi-shift formation under night vision goggles when the helicopter crash occurred. All service members were based at Fort Campbell.
Army officials added no radio signal was sent out for help from the helicopters before the crash.
Officials are in the process of notifying family members of all nine service members killed in the crash, though some families are across and outside of the U.S., they said during a press briefing.
“We must remember the lives of those who are willing to serve, some of which who pay the ultimate price,” Beshear said. “We are going to make sure their families know they are loved, they are not alone…and we will see [those service memebers] again.”
A team from Alabama is heading to Kentucky to investigate the circumstances that lead up to the crash. Officials said more details will be released after the investigation has concluded.
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9 service members killed in military helicopter crash in Western Ky.
