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Italian Navy anti-piracy: shots of firearms against the "Doria" ship helicopter

Rome, Italy - 400 km south of Mogadishu, in the waters near the Somali coast

Today at 6:30am, near Kismaayo (400 km south of Mogadishu), in the waters facing the Somali coast, rebels have set fire against an EH-101 helicopter of the ship "Doria" while on patrol. The Italian Navy aircraft, while on a surveillance flight trying to acquire information on the movements of vessels suspected of acting against commercial traffic in transit, has been hit by a series of shots of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133546
Rome, Italy, 09/07/2011 13:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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