SALADO, Texas (KWTX) - A Fort Hood official confirmed the military helicopter crash that killed two soldiers near Salado, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon was a "maintenance test flight." Fort Hood confirmed the aircraft was one of its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.

A 9-1-1 call came in shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, describing a "smoke plume" and that a caller "advises that they have possibly seen an aircraft fallout crash." The helicopter crashed in a field off Dove Hollow Lane.

Farm to Market Road 2843 was shut down for hours near the site of the crash, described as "violent" by Cliff Coleman with the Bell County Sheriff's Office.