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3 pilots killed after two US Army helicopters collide mid-air in Alaska

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April 28

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Three US Army pilots were killed and one was injured in Alaska on Thursday when two Apache helicopters returning from a training mission collided in flight, the 11th Airborne Division of the Army said.

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Two soldiers were declared dead at the scene and a third died on the way to hospital, the army unit said in a statement.

The injured soldier was being treated at Alaska’s Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

The accident will be investigated by a team from the Army Combat Readiness Center in Alabama, the Division said.

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Last month, nine soldiers were killed in a crash of two medical evacuation Black Hawk helicopters during a routine night training mission over Kentucky. Reuters

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