Two U.S. Helicopters Crash in Iraq (collided in mid-air.

[Noordam]

AP NEWS

Two U.S. Helicopters Crash in Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: November 15, 2003


Filed at 1:09 p.m. ET

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in this northern Iraqi city on Saturday, the military said. There was no word on the cause of the crash or casualties but witnesses said the two aircraft collided in mid-air.

A military spokesman said the two helicopters belonged to the 101st Airborne Division which controls northern Iraq.

Witnesses said the helicopters came down in Borsa, a residential neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city.


..more at article....

[dusty64]

1. Sad as it is,

I am skeptical of everything they report and believe next to nothing of what they say.

[Noordam]

2. I could be that one was trying to get out of the

way of the other because of missle lock on and that what caused it....

[htuttle]

3. A yahoo news article indicated that one of them seemed to be on fire...

...and then shot upward rapidly into the other.
(in the other thread)

[IndianaGreen]

4. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=221257