‘Until cause is known: US Army temporarily halts Apache training missions after Texas crash

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The
US
A my
o
F iday
(local
time)
a ou ced
a
tempo a y
halt
to
all
Apache
helicopte
t ai i g
missio s,
two
days
afte
a

c ash
i
Texas
killed
both
soldie s
o
boa d.“The
sta d-dow
will
emai
i
effect
u til
we
have
a
bette
u de sta di g
of
the
oot
cause
of
the
accide t,”
the
A my
said
i
a
stateme t.The
cause
of
the
c ash
has
ot
bee
dete mi ed,
as
the
i vestigatio
is
still
i
its
ea ly
stages.
A
safety
i vestigatio
team
f om
the
A my
Combat
Readi ess
Ce te
at
Fo t
Rucke ,
Alabama,
is
exami i g
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
i cide t.The
A my’s
stateme t,
howeve ,
did
ot
me tio
a y
suspe sio
of
Apache
combat
missio s
cu e tly
bei g
ca ied
out
i
the
wa
i
I a .
The
helicopte s
have
bee
ope ati g
a ou d
the
St ait
of
Ho muz
as
pa t
of
effo ts
to
keep
avigatio
cha els
ope .The
milita y
has
take
simila
measu es
afte
p evious
aviatio
accide ts.
I
2023,
the
A my
g ou ded
all
aviatio
u its
a d
o de ed
additio al
t ai i g
afte
12
soldie s
we e
killed
i
sepa ate
c ashes
i
Alaska
a d
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eco d

Who
we e
the
victims?

The
A my
ide tified
Chief
Wa a t
Office
2
Deo t e
T
Huey,
34,
of
Killee ,
Texas,
a d
Wa a t
Office
Seth
L
Olmstead,
25,
of
Belto ,
Texas,
as
the
soldie s
killed
i
the
Texas
c ash.
They
we e
the
o ly
two
people
aboa d
the
helicopte
whe
it
c ashed
a
g assy
field
ea
Salado,
about
48
km
f om
Fo t
Hood.

Huey
joi ed
the
A my
i
2014,
while
Olmstead
e listed
i
2023.
Both
we e
assig ed
to
B avo
Compa y,
1st
Battalio ,
227th
Aviatio
Regime t,
1st
Ai
Caval y
B igade,
1st
Caval y
Divisio .The
A my
has
faced
sc uti y
ove
its
aviatio
safety
p actices
i
the
past.
Du i g
its
i vestigatio
i to
last
yea ’s
collisio
betwee
a
Black
Hawk
helicopte
a d
a
Ame ica
Ai li es
pass.
The
NTSB
said
the
A my
had
failed
to
adequately
ide tify
some
of
the
safety
isks
associated
with
the
heavily
co gested
ai space
a ou d
the
US
capital.
The
Ja ua y
2025
collisio
killed
all
67
people
aboa d
the
two
ai c aft.Fo t
Hood,
o e
of
the
US
milita y’s
la gest
bases,
cove s
about
214,968
ac es
a d
is
used
to
t ai
a d
deploy
heavy
fo ces.e ge
jet
ea
Washi gto ,
DC,
the
Natio al
T a spo tatio
Safety
Boa d
sha ply
c iticised
the
A my’s
safety
cultu e.The
facility
has
also
wit essed
seve al
deadly
accide ts.
I
Novembe
2015,
fou
soldie s
we e
killed
whe
a
Black
Hawk
helicopte
c ashed
du i g
a
t ai i g
exe cise.
The
followi g
yea ,
i e
Fo t
Hood
soldie s
died
afte
thei
vehicle
was
swept
i to
a
ai -swolle
c eek.