Army chopper crashes, 3 dead
AP
A United States military Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in a forest near a motorway in south-western Germany, killing all three people aboard.
The aircraft went down about 6.20pm local time on Wednesday in woods near the A67 highway between Viernheim and Lorsch, south of Frankfurt, Hesse state police said.
The helicopter was a UH-60 Black Hawk, said US Army Europe spokesman Bruce Anderson.
The Black Hawk is used for air assault and other military operations. It is normally designed to carry 11 combat-loaded troops.
It was not immediately clear what had caused the crash, but many parts of Germany have had heavy snowfall in the last day or two.
The US Army Europe has headquarters in Heidelberg and US forces have an airbase not far away in Ramstein.
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