- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 06, 2011
Time: ?
Location: Tangi Valley, Afghanistan
Operator: Military - U.S. Army
Flight #: ?
Route: ?
AC Type: Boeing CH-47 Chinook
Registration: ?
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 38   (passengers:?  crew:?)
Fatalities: 38   (passengers:?  crew:?)
Ground: 0
Summary: Thirty-eight people, including 31 U.S. special forces troops and 7 Afghan soldiers were killed when their helicopter was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade during overnight operations against Taliban insurgents.
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