FALLON, Nev. — Ten U.S. Navy crew members injured Thursday during a routine helicopter training exercise in the northern Nevada desert were released from a hospital in Reno on Friday.
The Navy is investigating the cause of the “accident” involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters training at Naval Air Station Fallon, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) east of Reno, the Navy said in a statement Friday. The crew members’ injuries were not life-threatening.
The two helicopters, each with a crew of five, were conducting routine training at the time of the accident Thursday evening. The Navy said security personnel at NAS Fallon secured the accident site in a remote area of the Fallon Range Training Complex.
The aircraft are assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12, which is assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 and is currently at NAS Fallon for “extensive, integrated training in both real and simulated environments,” according to the statement emailed to The Associated Press by Lt. Cmdr. Beth Teach, a spokesperson for Naval Air Force Pacific in Coronado, California.