Summary: Seven American troops were killed when a Chinook transport
helicopter crashed in southern Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said.
Seven American troops were killed when a Chinook transport
helicopter crashed in southern Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said.
According to Reuters, a military spokesman said it appeared mechanical
failure was the cause of the crash of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter just
after midnight.
"Right now it appears it was not hostile activity. It appears
to be a mechnical malfunction," the spokesman said. According to
him, the total number of personnel on board the helicopter was seven.
The original number killed had been put at five, with two soldiers
missing. The remains of those two soldiers were later found, the
spokesman conveyed.
The helicopter was part of an aerial convoy flying from Kuwait to
the Balad U.S. military air base in Iraq. The crash took place about 100
km west of the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
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