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Here is a video of the Blackhawks crashing while we were riding down Mineral Basin around 9:30 am. Military buddy I was riding with recognized the Hawks coming in to land. So far sounds like everyone was ok from what we’ve heard. Thankfully! Video cred: Tom Carney #snowbird pic.twitter.com/JKTAqndqdE
— Cory Inman (@IM_Inman) February 22, 2022
I took this in my phone. You can use this. And a video here pic.twitter.com/f6VhP0o564
— Michael (@LifterMike93) February 22, 2022
“We can confirm that two Utah National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters were involved in a training accident at approx. 9:30 a.m. near Mineral Basin [at Snowbird Ski Resort, UT]. No crew members were injured in the accident. Both UH-60s were damaged. The incident is under investigation.” Utah National Guard via Twitter
According to the Utah National Guard, 2 Utah National Guard helicopters have crashed in Mineral Basin at Snowbird ski resort in Utah.
The crash occurred at 9:30am today.
“Hopefully everyone is ok – it flipped on landing maybe because of blowing snow obscuring landing area. Blade flew quite a ways into the trees.” – Jani Radebaugh via Twitter
Beautiful powder day, finally – but we saw a backcountry helicopter crash, so sad 😞
Hopefully everyone is ok – it flipped on landing maybe because of blowing snow obscuring landing area. Blade flew quite a ways into the trees. pic.twitter.com/0OQL1EWOeA— Jani Radebaugh (@radjanirad) February 22, 2022
Lots of skiers and riders witnessed the crash.
We have video below via @LifterMike93 that shows the 2 helicopters approaching the base of the Mineral Basin chairlift before they crashed.
Breaking: We can confirm that two Utah National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters were involved in a training accident at approx. 9:30 a.m. near Mineral Basin. No crew members were injured in the accident. Both UH-60s were damaged. The incident is under investigation.
— Utah National Guard (@UTNationalGuard) February 22, 2022
Today’s Blackhawk helicopter crash comes about 1 year after 2 similar Blackhawk helicopter crashes.
In January 2021, a UH-60 Blackhawk crashed during a training exercise and killed 3 in New York state.
In February 2021, a UH-60 Blackhawk crash killed 3 in Boise, Idaho.
The Utah National Guard is investigating the incident.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
I did not see the crash. Big rotor wash and I saw parts flying out. Here is their approach. pic.twitter.com/mi8Niurx8o
— Michael (@LifterMike93) February 22, 2022
