Probe into fatal helicopter crash may take months
Advertiser Staff
Army officials say the investigation into the cause of the fatal helicopter crash at Wheeler Army Airfield may take months to complete.
A six-man team from the Army Combat Readiness and Safety Center is investigating the May 27 crash of an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter, which killed Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Bryce Millward of Chubbuck, Idaho, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stanley Blane Hepfner of Hubbard, Ohio.
Jennifer Albert, a spokeswoman for the Army Safety Center in Fort Rucker, Ala., said there is no indication how long it will take to determine why the two-man helicopter crashed.
The inspection team arrived May 29 from Fort Rucker. The frame of the helicopter has been taken to a Wheeler Army Airfield hangar.