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Dramatic Footage: Blackhawk Helicopter Plummets from the Sky, Killing All On Board

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Two members of the Tennessee National Guard were killed Wednesday when the helicopter they were riding in tumbled from the sky and exploded in flames in Huntsville, Alabama.

The guard members were flying in a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter that went down around 3 p.m. near Highway 53 and Burwell Road, the Tennessee National Guard said in a news release Wednesday night.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of two Tennessee National Guardsmen, and our prayers are with their families during this heartbreaking tragedy,” Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s adjutant general, said in a statement.

“We ask Tennesseans to join us in supporting their families during this time of unthinkable grief,” Ross said.

The release did not provide specifics on the unit involved or the names of those killed.

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“It is premature to discuss possible causes of the crash. Like all military aircraft mishaps, the incident will be investigated. The National Guard will support law enforcement and other first responders handling the crash site,” National Guard representative Robert Carver said in a statement, according to ABC News.

Dramatic footage emerged of the helicopter’s fall before a massive column of thick back smoke emerged.

The helicopter was engulfed in flames when first responders arrived, Don Webster, community relations director of Huntsville Emergency Medical Services, said, according to The Nashville Tennessean.

“It was destroyed beyond recognition,” Webster said.

Witness Tammy Adams recalled watching the disaster unfold.

“I just hollered, ‘My Lord! My God!’ Because nobody could have survived that,” Adams said, according to WAAY-TV in Huntsville.

“We heard a very loud — like a car without a muffler, but we knew it was in the sky. Looking up in the air, we saw the helicopter, and bam! We hear it hit. We saw it hit the ground, and it exploded,” Adams said.

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Chermonika Johnson was inside her nearby house but heard the explosion.

“I started panicking, because I thought it was the school bus,” Johnson said.

She went outside and could not believe what she saw.

“You couldn’t even tell it was an aircraft. You couldn’t even see anything left of it but debris. There was nothing left at all,” she said.

“Please join us in lifting their families up in prayer & support during this time of unspeakable grief,” Gov. Bill Lee tweeted.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident, according to CBS News.

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Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com.
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