How terrible. Prayers for all aboard and for their families.
I never liked flying in helicopters, and I love to fly!
Low to the ground, constant torque on the airframe, everything spinning in circles, massive and constant vibration, mechanically complex = trouble.
Things that take off and land vertical tend to fall from the sky more frequently than their fixed wing counterparts.
Prayers for the victims.
The latest news:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_helicopter_071108/
A U.S. soldier died overnight in a northern Italian hospital, bringing to six the number killed in the crash of an Army helicopter, officials said Friday.
Eleven U.S. service members were onboard the UH-60 Army Black Hawk helicopter that went down Thursday near the city of Treviso, U.S. Army Europe said in a statement released by its headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. The helicopter was attached to the 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment.