WASHINGTON — Two helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division crashed in Kentucky around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29.

In an interview with Spectrum News 1, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said that the department is extending their “deepest condolences to the family members, to the colleagues and to those at Fort Campbell, who knew the service members.”

“We’re still going to continue to learn what exactly happened,” Singh said. “We know that there was a crash involving two helicopters that unfortunately resulted in the death of nine service members aboard those helicopters.”

The crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters took place in southwestern Kentucky, just 30 miles northwest of Fort Campbell during a routine training mission late Wednesday night.

“These are routine exercises that not just happen at Fort Campbell, but all across the country,” Singh explained. “So inherently these are going to be dangerous exercises that they conduct, but our priority here is always the safety of our service members.”

The details of the crash are still under investigation. An aircraft safety team from Fort Rucker will be leading those investigative efforts.

“We do know that a team from Alabama is coming in, that specializes in these types of accidents and also these aircraft, to just better assess what happened so we can avoid an accident like this going forward or in the future.”

The Department of Defense said there is no specific timeline in place for those results.

“We’re still collecting a lot of the details,” Singh said.

Just last month, two Tennessee national Guard pilots were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed along an Alabama highway during a training exercise there.