Helicopter crew members injured in training accident in Nevada released from hospital

FALLON, Nevada (AP) — Ten U.S. Navy crew members injured Thursday during routine helicopter training in the northern Nevada desert were released Friday from a Reno hospital.

The Navy is investigating the cause of the “accident” involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters training at Fallon Airfield, about 65 miles east of Reno, the Navy said in a statement Friday. The crew members' injuries were not life-threatening.

The two helicopters, each carrying a crew of five, were conducting routine training exercises at the time of the accident Thursday evening. The Navy said security personnel from NAS Fallon secured the accident site in a remote area of ​​the Fallon Range Training Complex.

The aircraft are assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12, which in turn is assigned to Carrier Air Wing 5 and is currently at NAS Fallon, where it is conducting “comprehensive, integrated training in both real and simulated environments,” according to an emailed statement to the Associated Press from Lt. Cmdr. Beth Teach, spokeswoman for Naval Air Force Pacific in Coronado, California.