- | 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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