1 Dead, 2 Hurt as U.S. Army Helicopter Makes Hard Landing

A member of an elite U.S. Army helicopter unit was killed and two crew members suffered injuries when their aircraft slammed into the ground while trying to land at an airfield in the U.S. state of Georgia on Thursday, a U.S. military spokesman said.

Maj. Allen Hill said the MH-60 Black Hawk was returning from a routine training flight to Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah when it made a "hard landing" on or near the airstrip.

The crew belongs to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, which trains to fly helicopters behind enemy lines under cover of darkness. Also called the Night Stalkers, the unit has a battalion based in Savannah.

On Jan. 8, a Navy helicopter crashed about 18 miles off Virginia Beach, killing three aboard.