WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter crashed on early Saturday while flying a routine training mission in California, which killed two soldiers.
Both the pilot and the co-pilot were killed, according to Lt. Col. Jason Brown, a spokesman for the Army at the Pentagon.
'The cause is currently under investigation and next-of-kin notifications are ongoing, therefore we can provide no further details at this time,' he said in a statement to Fox News.
The AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed on the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in southern California. The Apache gunship was flying a 'readiness training exercise' at the time of the crash.
The helicopter was attached to the Army's 4th Infantry Division based out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
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