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Afghanistan: a US Chinook helicopter fell headlong

Kabul, Afghanistan - THe reason for such a disaster which killed at least two persons should be put down to a dust storm

A US CH-47 Chinook US transport helicopter fell headlong in Afghanistan this morning, around 180 km South-East far from Kabul city. According to what both Ghazni Province Governor (just where the disaster occurred) and US military representatives operating in the Afghan land would have maintained that it would have probably been an accident caused by a strong dust storm. The aircraft, which was performing...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 117944
Rome, Italy, 04/06/2005 15:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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