Helicopter that crashed at Texas A&M based in Austin

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AAS 1/12/09
Helicopter that crashed at Texas A&M based in Austin

By AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF | Monday, January 12, 2009, 06:43 PM

COLLEGE STATION — A student was reportedly injured during a helicopter crash today at Texas A&M University on Duncan Field near the Corps of Cadets quad. The crash also killed one and injured four others, according to local news reports.

Part of a training exercise, the Army UH-60 Blackhawk had a crew of five on board, including four members of the Army National Guard and one member of the ROTC staff at Texas A&M who is a recent graduate, according to a university statement.

Neither university nor military officials would release names of the deceased or of those injured, but the university said in the statement that only one student was slightly injured by flying debris.

The helicopter was based at the Austin Army Aviation Support Facility at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, said Col. Bill Meehan, a spokesman for the Texas Army National Guard. The soldiers were part of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, whose headquarters are at Austin’s Camp Mabry, Meehan said. The soldiers involved in the crash were from Austin and San Antonio.

My condolences to their families.

Sonia