AH-64 Apache Went Down During Training Flight
An instructor pilot (IP) was fatally injured and a student pilot had to be airlifted to a hospital for injuries sustained in the crash of an AH-64 Apache helicopter on Fort Novosel Army base in Alabama. Military authorities on base said the accident is being investigated but did not immediately provide any info on the circumstances surrounding the accident. However, Dale County Coroner John Cawley did provide the identity of the IP as 46-year-old Daniel Munger, who was retired from the Army and under contract to provide helicopter instruction. No information on the identity or condition of the student pilot has yet been released.