No injuries in National Guard training accident in Kansas

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U.S. soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for a mission June 12, 2012, at Salina, Kan. The helicopter and crew were scheduled to fly to Fort Collins, Colo., to support firefighting efforts against the High Park Fire. The blaze had destroyed more than 64 square miles of forest and at least 100 structures. (U.S. Army photo by Steve Larson/Released)

MCPHERSON, Kan. — The Kansas National Guard says no one was injured when one of its Black Hawk helicopters made a hard landing at the McPherson airport.

Maj. Joshua Urban says in a news release Wednesday that the helicopter was carrying a crew of four during a standard night-training exercise on the airport’s runway. The accident that occurred shortly before midnight damaged the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to the extent it was unable to fly.

The helicopter was from the Kansas National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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