US helicopter crashes in Italy

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Source: BBC


A US Blackhawk military helicopter has crashed in northern Italy, according to media reports.
The crash resulted in at least two fatalities, according to an Italian police spokesman.

Ten people were on the aircraft, which crashed near Treviso, along the bank of the Piave river, a fire brigade official told the Reuters news agency.

The US air force base of Aviano is looking into the reports, but could not confirm them, a spokesman said.





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At least 2 dead in U.S. helicopter crash in Italy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21686945/

[shenmue]

1. Awful

:cry:

[bdamomma]

2. helicopter malfunctions perhaps???

maybe not enough maintenance being done on these helicopters, run down equipment and run down soldiers.....sigh:(

[soothsayer]

4. Sometimes it's because they're flying with night vision goggles.

Who knows.

[Scurrilous]

3. Five dead in U.S. helicopter crash in Italy: report

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"Five people are thought to have died and others were injured when a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter crashed on Thursday in northern Italy, Italy's ANSA news agency reported, without citing sources.

The crash took place in the countryside near the city of Treviso, it said. It was not clear whether the helicopter had taken off from the nearby U.S. military base in Aviano.

No one at the U.S. embassy could be immediately reached for comment."

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-11-08T122959Z_01_L08728156_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ITALY-BLACKHAWK-COL.XML

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5. Here's a photo ~

from swedish online newspaper Svenska Dagbladet:

[jordi_fanclub]

6. UPDATE: 6-six dead, 5 wounded (one of them bad injuried)

Source ANSA (Italian News Agency)

"TREVISO- Sei morti e cinque feriti, di cui uno grave,"
http://www.ansa.it/opencms/export/site/visualizza_fdg.html_67068942.html