Two soldiers were injured when a military helicopter was involved in a rollover crash in Talkeetna, Alaska, officials said Monday.
The soldiers were taken to area hospitals, where they were treated and released, the US military said in a statement.
The Army’s AH-64D Apache helicopter was damaged in Sunday’s accident, which occurred while the chopper was taking off. A determination should be made later this week whether the helicopter can be saved, spokesman John Pennell said in an email.
Pennell said other details of the accident were not immediately available, but the cause would be addressed in a post-crash investigation by the Army Combat Readiness Center. That probe team is expected to arrive later this week.
The Apache was one of four from the 25th Attack Battalion at Fort Wainwright, near Fairbanks, traveling to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage for training. All the four helicopters stopped at Talkeetna for refueling.
Talkeetna is located approximately 110 miles north of Anchorage.