Recovery operations began Wednesday to remove two Utah Army National Guard helicopters from American Fork Canyon following a training crash last week.
Photos from the scene just outside the Snowbird ski resort show crews attaching straps to both UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Once the slings are in place, a Chinook helicopter will lift and transport the helicopters to Heber Valley Airport.
Members of both the Utah and Nevada Army National Guard are participating in the recovery efforts using maintenance aerial-recovery kits. After arriving at the airport, the Black Hawks will be loaded onto trailers to be transported to the Utah Army Aviation Support Facility in West Jordan. The helicopters crashed during a winter training incident in American Fork Canyon on Feb. 22. None of the crew with the 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment were injured, but it's unknown if the helicopters can be used again in the future.
"Although military training operations can be dangerous, accidents of this nature rarely happen," said Col. Shane Manwaring, commander, 97th Aviation Troop Command."Our Soldiers have worked tirelessly to prepare the aircraft for extraction from the area. It has been great to see our community partners support these efforts, especially the agencies of Snowbird, the U.S.
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