Fort Rucker Apache Crash: Minor Injuries, Safety Review

0:00Welcome to Birmingham News Today, two minutes of news that matter to Birmingham, two crew members from Fort Rucker got minor injuries in an Apache helicopter crash early Thursday morning. The A864 went down around 7.30 a.m. during routine flight training. First responders quickly took them for medical checks. This mishap comes amid heightened safety efforts at the Army base. Just this year, another training flight there killed one person and hurt another. The Army launched a six month safety stand-up after 10 incidents and 14 deaths across its aviation units. Officials say the crew's injuries were not serious and no other harm was reported. The focus remains on getting everyone back to full health while reviewing what happened. Fort Rucker recently hosted an international safety summit on combat aviation. Partners from Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand joined training on coordinating in busy air space. These steps aim to cut risks in rotary wing and tilt-trotter operations.

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