{"id":17959,"date":"2016-12-29T04:36:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T04:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=17959"},"modified":"2016-12-29T04:36:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T04:36:18","slug":"two-dead-in-apache-helicopter-crash-in-galveston-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/two-dead-in-apache-helicopter-crash-in-galveston-bay.html","title":{"rendered":"Two dead in Apache helicopter crash in Galveston Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Two dead in Apache helicopter crash in Galveston Bay<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Two dead in Apache helicopter crash in Galveston Bay:-<\/strong> An Army Air National Guard helicopter crashed into the water off El Jardin Beach Wednesday afternoon killing two, the Army Air National Guard confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The victims were not identified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick said the Apache helicopter based at nearby Ellington Field was carrying two people.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Two confirmed dead in Apache helicopter crash in Galveston Bay. Live streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I7c5mQCL0o\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/I7c5mQCL0o<\/a> &amp; my Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KHOU11?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KHOU11<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6RyuDqMIb\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/a6RyuDqMIb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grace White (@GraceWhiteKHOU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GraceWhiteKHOU\/status\/814294203521961986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Witnesses told KHOU the aircraft was flying unusually low Wednesday afternoon and broke apart in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Debris was reported scattered over a section of the bay along with an oil slick. Divers were in the water where the wheels of the chopper poked above the surface about 25 yards from shore and a vacant cruise ship terminal in La Porte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The scene is about 25 miles southeast of downtown Houston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Pasadena Fire Department said its crews responded to reports of a &#8220;military grade&#8221; helicopter in the water near the Bayport cruise terminal shortly after 4 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Officials confirmed to the Houston Chronicle the helicopter was an Apache: a two-seater attack helicopter capable of firing machine guns and rockets.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just interviewed this eyewitness who saw helicopter spiraling down into Galveston Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KHOU11?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KHOU11<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HouNews?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HouNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hlGXWYtSKM\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/hlGXWYtSKM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grace White (@GraceWhiteKHOU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GraceWhiteKHOU\/status\/814260639057199104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH LIVE: Air 11 over military aircraft down in Galveston Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kxxQi6LDtB\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/kxxQi6LDtB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZ3nqnBGxF\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/sZ3nqnBGxF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHOU\/status\/814242160136650752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2016\/12\/28\/military-grade-helicopter-crashes-texas\/95933232\/<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/two-dead-in-apache-helicopter-crash-in-galveston-bay.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two dead in Apache helicopter crash in Galveston Bay Two dead in Apache helicopter crash in Galveston Bay:- An Army Air National Guard helicopter crashed into the water off El Jardin Beach Wednesday afternoon killing two, the Army Air National Guard confirmed. 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