Air Force Helicopter Crash Kills Crew of 4
A Florida-based Air Force helicopter crashed and burned shortly after leaving Pope Air Force Base on Friday, killing all four crew members, authorities said.
The UH-60 Blackhawk went down about four miles north of Pope while on a routine flight from the base to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, officials said.
The exact nature of the mission was not immediately known, said Capt. Pat Englehardt, a public affairs officer at Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola, Fla., where the craft was based.
“As far as we know there were no survivors,” she said. The identities of the crew members were being withheld pending notification of relatives.
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