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Two American pilots killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq - It was no hostile fire

"There was no hostile fire" the US military command in Iraq said in an statement about the helicopter crash occurred to a US chopper last night: it killed two American pilots on board. The statement gave no details about the type of aircraft involved and it’s too soon to indicate the cause of the accident which took place in Western Baghdad.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 133742
Rome, Italy, 12/27/2005 15:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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