{"id":100088,"date":"2026-07-23T09:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/czech-military-helicopter-crashes-at-air-force-base-killing-1-soldier\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:32:45","slug":"czech-military-helicopter-crashes-at-air-force-base-killing-1-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/czech-military-helicopter-crashes-at-air-force-base-killing-1-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Military Helicopter Crashes at Air Force Base, Killing 1 Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784813565062.jpg?resize=1000%2C665&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784813565062.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784813565062.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784813565062.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A Czech military Venom helicopter carrying five soldiers crashed Thursday, killing at least one person on board, according to officials.<\/p><p>The crash happened around noon local time \u2014 10:00 a.m. GMT \u2014 at an air force base in N\u00e1m\u011b\u0161t nad Oslavou, a location roughly 180 kilometers, or about 112 miles, southeast of the capital city of Prague, the Czech military confirmed.<\/p><p>Regional rescue officials reported that one person did not survive the accident. Three others sustained injuries and were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.<\/p><p>The Czech military has not yet provided additional information regarding what caused the helicopter to go down, nor have they released specifics about the conditions of the injured soldiers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Czech army helicopter carrying five soldiers went down Thursday at an air force base, leaving one person dead and others injured. The crash occurred around midday at a base located southeast of Prague. Authorities have not yet released full details on the cause or the extent of the soldiers&#8217; injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":100087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784813565062.jpg?fit=1000%2C665&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-q2k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33561,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/president-trump-honors-6-fallen-soldiers-at-dover-air-force-base\/","url_meta":{"origin":100088,"position":0},"title":"President Trump Honors 6 Fallen Soldiers at Dover Air Force Base","author":"Admin","date":"March 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Donald Trump attended a solemn ceremony at Dover Air Force Base on Saturday to honor six Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone attack in Kuwait. 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