VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A helicopter made a hard landing at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story Thursday afternoon, hurting three military service members who were on board.
The landing took place around 4:15 p.m. on Fort Story. Although public affairs officers did not provide any information on Thursday, Capt. Capt. Sarah Self-Kyler with U.S. Fleet Forces Command gave the following statement via email Friday morning:
U.S. service members, participating in a routine joint training exercise, were injured Thursday when their helicopter experienced a hard landing at a local military base in Virginia Beach at approximately 4:15pm. Three service members transported to local medical facilities remain hospitalized for treatment. The cause of this incident remains under investigation.
Self-Kyler did not specify how badly the three military members were hurt.