Fort Drum chopper makes unscheduled landing near Route 81
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Published: Aug. 7, 2023 at 4:59 PM EDT
TOWN OF ELLISBURG, New York (WWNY) - It was quite the sight on Interstate 81 Monday morning.
An Apache helicopter from Fort Drum made an unscheduled landing near the northbound lane of the highway at around 8:30 a.m.
It was right near the exit for Mannsville in the Jefferson County town of Ellisburg.
Officials say the two soldiers aboard the chopper were headed to Fort Polk, Louisiana for training when they safely landed for precautionary maintenance.
There were no injuries.
The helicopter was able to fly back to Fort Drum Monday afternoon.
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