U.S. Army Apache helicopters are crashing at a disturbing rate this year, according to a new report. CNN conducted an analysis of military accident data and found that the rate at which the helicopters are going down is historically high. According to the network, the helicopter has had five crashes since October, including a crash this month that killed two in Texas.
Major Apache crashes appeared to be occurring at a rate of about 6.24 per every 100,000 flying hours. So far in this fiscal year, there have been five major crashes. As of August 15, there had been about 80,171 hours flown.
