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| Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Kills 6 |
| 2003-03-23 |
| A U.S. Air Force helicopter crashed in Afghanistan Sunday, killing all six people on board. The HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter was on a medical evacuation mission when it crashed at about 11:20 a.m. EST, about 18 miles north of Ghazni, Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The helicopter was not shot down, the statement said. The precise cause of the crash is under investigation. U.S. Military officials in Washington and Afghanistan said The medical emergency and the helicopter flight was not in connection with Operation Valiant Strike, a mission involving members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division in southeastern Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 The most important nut on a helecopter is the one between the cyclic and the collective, sez my flight instructor. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-23 21:08:43 |
| #4 Scooter, stick to driving a scooter. A helicopter is 500,000 parts flying in close formation. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-23 20:52:40 |
| #3 I hate helicopters but they're so damn indispensable. I know I said this before. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-23 19:58:32 |
| #2 My Old Man and long-time Huey pilot would beg to differ with you, Scooter. Especially when we're talking about helicopters. They don't really fly, they just beat the air into submission. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2003-03-23 19:34:52 |
| #1 It's a not very-well known fact that the vast majority of all aircraft accidents are due to pilot error. Sounds to me like that may well be the case here. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-03-23 19:11:28 |