FORT NOVOSEL, Alabama. — A helicopter crash Wednesday afternoon at an Alabama military base killed one person and injured another, said the local county coroner who was called to the scene.
An AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during routine flight training at Fort Novosel Air Force Base, about 94 miles (151 kilometers) south of Montgomery, Dale County Coroner John Cawley said. The crash killed a flight instructor who was piloting the helicopter. There was only one other passenger, a student, who was being treated for minor injuries at a hospital.
Military authorities did not immediately provide information on the circumstances of the accident.
“Our primary concern is the well-being and health of the student pilot and the care and attention of the deceased’s family,” Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Novosel commanding general, said in a statement to the media.
The statement said the accident is under investigation.
Fort Novosel, formerly known as Fort Rucker, is the Army’s primary training center for helicopter pilots.
