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US Navy CH-46 helicopter crashed in Iraq: 12 died
Baghdad, Iraq - It was likely a mechanical breakdown
It's counted the first deaths among the Army of the coalition; indeed a US Navy helicopter, a CH-46, has crashed just near the border with Kuwait and according to what has been told by Pentagon's official sources it would not have been be a matter of an Iraqi attack, rather than a technical breakdown. Therefore it cost the lives of 12 troops, 8 British soldiers and 4 American crew members, in a mission...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 42620
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency