Five U.S. service personnel were killed when a CH-47 Chinook military transport helicopter crashed during a routine flight west of Baghdad on Tuesday.
The U.S. military said the CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed near its al-Taqaddum air base outside Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, while conducting a "routine post-maintenance check flight". There was no indication whether it was shot down. An investigation is under way.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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