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Chinook helicopter down in Afghanistan: four die

Kandahar, Afghanistan - Victims are from Special Operations Task Group, safe or wounded the other eleven onboard

An American soldier and three Australian commandos killed in a helicopter crash, this morning in Afghanistan at 3:39am (local time). The diggers were among 10 Australians from the Special Operations Task Group on the coalition forces Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter when it went down in rugged terrain in Northern Kandahar. The chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, said...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1118448
Rome, Italy, 06/21/2010 18:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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