Army
officials say human error is to blame for a New York National Guard helicopter
crash in January that killed an Orange County man and two other soldiers.
Chief
Warrant Officer 2 Daniel Prial, of Warwick, and the two crew members
were killed when the Black Hawk helicopter went down during a training flight
near Rochester.
In a
statement, the National Guard says the crew was performing an emergency
training maneuver when the procedural error occurred.
They
said since the crash, the Army has restricted practicing that emergency
procedure to flight simulators only.
The
investigation includes a review of the aircraft itself, maintenance records and
the flight recorder.
Families
of the victims were notified of the findings in personal briefings.