Iraq Copter Crashes
Some of the deadliest helicopter crashes in Iraq or Kuwait since the start of the war in March 2003.
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A Sea Knight crashed in Kuwait, about nine miles from the Iraq border, killing eight British troops and four U.S. Marines. No hostile fire was reported in the area.
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A Chinook transport helicopter was shot down near Fallujah, killing 15. The military believed a SA-7 shoulder-fired missile struck an engine.
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Two Black Hawks crashed in Mosul, killing 17 soldiers. The military said the helicopters collided during a likely rocket-propelled grenade attack.
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A CH-53 Sea Stallion transport helicopter crashed in a sandstorm in western Iraq, killing 30 Marines and a U.S. sailor.
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A Bulgarian-owned MI-8 helicopter was shot down by missile fire 12 miles north of Baghdad, killing 11 people — six American bodyguards for U.S. diplomats, three Bulgarian crew members and two security guards from Fiji.
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A Black Hawk helicopter carrying eight U.S. troops and four American civilians crashed near the northern city of Tal Afar, killing all aboard.
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A Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, killing 12 American soldiers aboard.
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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard. The military said initial indications showed the aircraft experienced a mechanical problem and there were no indications of hostile fire.
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Credits:
CBS/Associated Press
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