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US helicopter crashes in emergency landing (2): probably hit by an enemy fire

Baghdad , Iraq - Up to nine the number of casualties

The helicopter, a "Black Hawk" (see AVIONEWS), crashed in Falluja, city located in the "Sunni triangle", North-West of Baghdad, during a mission of medical evacuation, probably hit by an enemy fire which forced the pilot to unsuccessfully make an emergency landing. According to what referred by US general Mark Kimmit in a press release, the helicopter "With nine people on board crashed at 2:20pm and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 56854
Rome, Italy, 01/08/2004 17:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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