US Troops Accounted for; Still No Clue What Caused Djibouti Copter Crash
Associated Press
Boston Globe, US
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Nairobi (Kenya):
The 10 US troops who were reported missing after two Marine Corps transport helicopters crashed into the sea have been accounted for, the military said yesterday, but it did not specify whether they had survived.
The CH-53E copters carrying a dozen crew members and troops, went down Friday in the Gulf of Aden, near the northern coastal town of Ras Siyyan.The cause of the crash was unclear, but there was no indication of hostile fire, and an investigation was underway, said Major Susan Romano of the US-led Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
The Djibouti military rescued two crew members, who were to be transported to the US military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. The 10 other crew members were accounted for after rescuers searched the waters off Djibouti's coast.
feb 19, 2006
Associated Press
Boston Globe, US
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Nairobi (Kenya):
The 10 US troops who were reported missing after two Marine Corps transport helicopters crashed into the sea have been accounted for, the military said yesterday, but it did not specify whether they had survived.
The CH-53E copters carrying a dozen crew members and troops, went down Friday in the Gulf of Aden, near the northern coastal town of Ras Siyyan.The cause of the crash was unclear, but there was no indication of hostile fire, and an investigation was underway, said Major Susan Romano of the US-led Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
The Djibouti military rescued two crew members, who were to be transported to the US military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. The 10 other crew members were accounted for after rescuers searched the waters off Djibouti's coast.
feb 19, 2006
