| - | 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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