UPDATE -- A Minnesota National Guard official says a Black Hawk helicopter carrying three crew members has crashed.

ABC affiliate KARE-TV is reporting that the helicopter has been located, but there is no word on the crew members inside.

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ST CLOUD (ABC) -- A Minnesota Army National Guard helicopter with three people aboard was missing after having taken off from an Army aviation facility in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Thursday, according to ABC News.

The UH-60 Black Hawk lost communication with the tower about 2:05 p.m. on Thursday while it was conducting a maintenance test flight, according to the Minnesota National Guard.

Information about the helicopter's flight destination was not immediately available, according to Army Col. Joe Sharkey, director of communications for the Minnesota National Guard.