Crime & Safety
Military Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Miller Place
The helicopter landed in a sod farm, police say.
A military helicopter made an emergency landing in a Miller Place sod farm on Wednesday, according to Suffolk Police and the FAA.
Suffolk County Police received a call around 2 p.m. about a possible military helicopter landing in the DeLea Sod Farm on Route 25A in Miller Place.
The FAA confirmed that it is a National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, and said it may have been struck by a bird. However information about its takeoff location or destination was not available.
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News 12 also reported that the helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the field, and published a photo of the aircraft on its Twitter page.
No injuries were reported.
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