Autorităţile au transmis că au pierdut contactul cu elicopterul la scurt timp după decolare, în cursul unui zbor de test.
#BREAKING: Wreckage found after National Guard helicopter crashes near St. Cloud, Minnesota; no official word on casualties pic.twitter.com/QWrqFpYkdY
— ?FNR- FRUM NEWS REPORT? (@FrumNewsReport) December 5, 2019
Aparatul s-a prăbuşit pe un câmp din zona oraşului St. Cloud, la aproximativ 95 de kilometri de Minneapolis.
Până în acest moment nu au fost comunicate informaţii privind cauzele care au provocat dezastrul aviatic.
Crash site just found of a missing Minnesota National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. Three people confirmed on board. MN National Guard says a mayday alert was sent 9 minutes after take off at 1:55 from St. Cloud this afternoon. Video of the scene on @fox9 at 5 pic.twitter.com/fV3fSc58IF
— Timothy Blotz (@TimBlotzFOX9) December 5, 2019