Five killed in military helicopter crash
March 8, 1996
Web posted at: 8:55 a.m. ESTOLMSTEAD, Kentucky (CNN) -- Military officials were trying to pinpoint a cause Friday morning for a helicopter crash that killed all five crew members board.
The MH-47 Chinook went down around 11 p.m. EST Thursday near the Tennessee state line, according to Lt. Col. Ken McGraw, public affairs officer for the Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The helicopter, from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, just west of the crash site, was on a routine training flight.
The Army, which is investigating the crash, has not released the names of the crew members, pending notification of their families. The crash occurred near Olmstead in the south-central portion of Kentucky.
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