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| British helicopter damaged in emergency landing at El Centro, CA base |
| 2012-04-10 |
| A British Chinook helicopter made an emergency landing during an exercise in the Arizona desert, US and British military officials said. Seven people were sent to the hospital for evaluations but all were reported uninjured. The crew was practicing how to land the aircraft 15 miles northeast of Yuma Saturday afternoon when 'something went wrong,' said a spokeswoman for Naval Air Facility El Centro in California. The facility hosts allied troops throughout the year for training over the California-Arizona border because the area's craggy mountains and hot, dusty conditions are similar to Afghanistan's harsh environment. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #2 Flying machines are not Hondas. The last crash Pilot was a Hero and dumped fuel and hit the only place he thought he could hit before ejecting. Then apologized for the crash landing. What awesomeness. I hope the Brits continue training, and properly check this. |
| Posted by: newc 2012-04-10 01:07 |
| #1 It's at least reassuring, that we're still even conducting some joint training Ops. Geez, "Who knew?" |
| Posted by: canalzone 2012-04-10 01:02 |