Simviation Forum - U.S Heli Crash Kills 13!

Jan 20^th, 2007 at 11:49am

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Sad news from Iraq.

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The US military says one of its helicopters has come down north-east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing all 13 people on-board.

The military did not say what caused the helicopter to crash.

The US has suffered several fatal helicopter crashes in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.

In December, four US troops were killed when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in the restive Western Anbar province.

"A US forces helicopter went down north-east of Baghdad this afternoon. Emergency Coalition Forces responded and secured the scene," a military statement said, Reuters news agency reported.

"Thirteen passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft and all were killed."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6282839.stm

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Reply #1 - Jan 20^th, 2007 at 12:37pm

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Probably took a bullet hit in the wrong place...

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Reply #2 - Jan 20^th, 2007 at 4:10pm

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Ivan wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 12:37pm:

Probably took a bullet hit in the wrong place...

...most Bullets end up in the wrong place.... Shocked

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Reply #3 - Jan 20^th, 2007 at 4:24pm

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Fozzer wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 4:10pm:

Ivan wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 12:37pm:

Probably took a bullet hit in the wrong place...

...most Bullets end up in the wrong place.... Shocked

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...that's the problem with Guns... Cry

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Paul.... Wink

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I don't know, I've fired probably 10,000 bullets in my lifetime and most of them more or less end up in the right place. Granted I wish more of them would hit the black part of the paper instead of the white part of the paper, but nobody has ever been harmed...

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Reply #4 - Jan 20^th, 2007 at 5:48pm

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Sad news. If I do end up getting into the flight training program in the air force, I definitely don't want to end up in choppers, those thing are just too damn dangerous.

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Reply #5 - Jan 21^st, 2007 at 1:49am

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beefhole wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 5:48pm:

Sad news. If I do end up getting into the flight training program in the air force, I definitely don't want to end up in choppers, those thing are just too damn dangerous.

Exactly, how many old timer chopper airshows do you see.

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Reply #6 - Jan 21^st, 2007 at 8:16am

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expat wrote on Jan 21^st, 2007 at 1:49am:

beefhole wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 5:48pm:

Sad news. If I do end up getting into the flight training program in the air force, I definitely don't want to end up in choppers, those thing are just too damn dangerous.

Exactly, how many old timer chopper airshows do you see.

Matt

They havn't been around long enough to be old timers yet surely?

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Reply #7 - Jan 21^st, 2007 at 9:25am

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Woodlouse2002 wrote on Jan 21^st, 2007 at 8:16am:

expat wrote on Jan 21^st, 2007 at 1:49am:

beefhole wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 5:48pm:

Sad news. If I do end up getting into the flight training program in the air force, I definitely don't want to end up in choppers, those thing are just too damn dangerous.

Exactly, how many old timer chopper airshows do you see.

Matt

They havn't been around long enough to be old timers yet surely?

They have been about for about 60 years, many an aircraft has ended up in a museum in half that time.

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Reply #8 - Jan 21^st, 2007 at 4:49pm

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expat wrote on Jan 21^st, 2007 at 9:25am:

Woodlouse2002 wrote on Jan 21^st, 2007 at 8:16am:

expat wrote on Jan 21^st, 2007 at 1:49am:

beefhole wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 5:48pm:

Sad news. If I do end up getting into the flight training program in the air force, I definitely don't want to end up in choppers, those thing are just too damn dangerous.

Exactly, how many old timer chopper airshows do you see.

Matt

They havn't been around long enough to be old timers yet surely?

They have been about for about 60 years, many an aircraft has ended up in a museum in half that time.

Matt

Well, if you consider the number of vintage aeroplanes there are, compared to how many were built, and then do the same for whirly birds. It's hardly suprising there arn't many of the old ones about. Especially since it was about 1950 before they stopped being one offs.

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Reply #9 - Jan 21^st, 2007 at 5:45pm

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expat wrote on Jan 21^st, 2007 at 1:49am:

beefhole wrote on Jan 20^th, 2007 at 5:48pm:

Sad news. If I do end up getting into the flight training program in the air force, I definitely don't want to end up in choppers, those thing are just too damn dangerous.

Exactly, how many old timer chopper airshows do you see.

Matt

I mean to GROUND FIRE. Roll Eyes

Don't see many F-15 pilots going down, do you?

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Reply #10 - Jan 24^th, 2007 at 4:18pm

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its the said truth of wars. the US has probably flown THOUSANDS of heli missions in this war and you only seem to hear about the few that went badly. Think of how many mechanics and matiance hours it takes to keep our war bird in flying condition, and one 9 mm bullet in the wrong spot can spell disaster for any aircraft... people seem to forget what war is......

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