A 20-year-old Private First Class assigned to Camp Humphreys, Korea, died in an aviation ground mishap 19 December 2024 on the installation at approximately 1115 local. Following a normal engine shutdown, a crew chief climbed the aft portion of the CH-47F while the rotor blades were still coasting down. He was struck by a rotor blade and thrown from the aircraft. The U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center is investigating the mishap.

Since FY20, the Army has had an average of 10 Class A aviation mishaps and lost an average of three Soldiers per year to on-duty aviation mishaps. This was the first Class A aviation mishap of FY25 and below the number of similar mishaps during the same time last year.
 

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