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Firefighting helicopter with 4 aboard crashes in marsh near Leesburg airport

A firefighting helicopter crashed late Tuesday afternoon in a marsh near Leesburg International Airport.

Leesburg airport helicopter crash
Heavy black smoke rises from a helicopter crash near Leesburg International Airport late Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter, also commonly known as a Black Hawk, was carrying four people and was participating in a training exercise. It went down around 4 p.m. and the crash truck from the Leesburg Fire Department’s station at the airport quickly responded to control the blaze and search for survivors.

Black Hawk helicopter landing at PE field.
A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter similar to the one shown above crashed Tuesday near the Leesburg airport while on a training exercise.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, with the NTSB being in charge and providing updates. The FAA plans to release the tail number of the downed aircraft once investigators verify it at the scene.

Continued to check back with Leesburg-News.com for more update

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