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The U.S. Army on Thursday said little was known so far about why two medical evacuation Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Kentucky,
美国军方周四表示，两架执行医疗后送任务的黑鹰直升机在肯塔基州坠毁的原因目前尚未调查清楚，
killing nine soldiers, one of the military's deadliest training accidents in recent years.
这起事故共造成9名士兵死亡，是近年来美国军方死亡人数最多的一次训练事故。
At a press conference at Fort Campbell, Army Brigadier General John Lubas said the crash occurred during a routine nighttime training mission involving night-vision goggles
美国准将约翰·卢巴斯在坎贝尔堡举行的新闻发布会上表示，这起飞机坠毁事故发生在一次使用夜视仪的例行夜间训练任务中，
but that investigators had not yet determined why the helicopters came down.
但调查人员尚未确定直升机坠毁的原因。
"The Army has deployed an aircraft safety team from Fort Rucker, Alabama, who will arrive later today
“我们已经部署了一个来自阿拉巴马州拉克堡的飞机安全小组，他们将于今天晚些时候抵达，
and will immediately initiate an investigation to help us understand what caused this crash in order to prevent accidents like this from happening again."
并将立即展开调查，帮助我们了解此次事故的原因，以防止类似事故再次发生。”
Lubas said one helicopter had five soldiers aboard while the other had four, but acknowledged he was not sure whether they crashed into each other.
卢巴斯称，其中一架直升机上有五名士兵，另一架则有四名，但他表示，自己无法确定是否发生了两机相撞。
Fort Campbell, home to the 101st Airborne Division, is one of the largest military bases in the United States.
坎贝尔堡是美国第101空降师的驻地，是美国最大的军事基地之一。
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash during training at Fort Campbell in 2018.
2018年，就曾有两名美国士兵在坎贝尔堡训练期间因直升机坠毁而丧生。
