U.S. helicopter makes "hard landing" in Iraq

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, March 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. helicopter made a "hard landing" in northern Iraq on Thursday, and initial reports said the cause was a mechanical problem, not hostile fire, the military said in a statement.

Two pilots on board the U.S. Army OH-58 Kiowa helicopter were injured and had been evacuated, the statement added.

Residents in the area said they had seen the helicopter hit wires south of the city of Kirkuk.

link: http://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT118283.htm

[Eugene]

1. AP: Army copter makes 'hard landing' in Iraq

Army copter makes 'hard landing' in Iraq

10 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Army helicopter made a "hard landing" in northern Iraq and
preliminary reports indicated a mechanical problem, the military said Thursday.
The two crew members were rescued unharmed.

The U.S. Army OH-58 Kiowa helicopter, mostly used in surveillance and light
attacks, came down south of Kirkuk, a military statement said.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_helicopter

[maddezmom]

4. AP has chenged their story to pilots injured and taken for medical care

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_helicopter

[951-Riverside]

2. ....We all know what that means. n/t

:eyes:

[rocktivity]

3. The mechanical problem may have been CAUSED by hostile fire

Here we go again...

:eyes:
rocknation

[Alexander]

5. Yeah, and my car made a "hard parking job" into a guardrail...

Really though, everything's fine...

[jollyreaper2112]

7. yah but

Consider the progress your car is making in the war against guardrails. Just think, another fifty cars and you might completely remove that rail on one side of the road. Such is the price of victory.

[VegasWolf]

10. LOL! Great comment! nt

[tanyev]

6. Hard landing/shot down--

Po-tay-to/Po-tah-to.

[damntexdem]

8. How many choppers does this make that were "not shot down"?

wink - wink

[maddezmom]

9. update: Scrogin sustains serious injuries in Iraq

Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Scrogin, 24, was seriously injured Thursday as a U.S. Army helicopter he was in made a “hard landing” in northern Iraq Thursday.

According to Scrogin's brother Bill, Moberly, Patrick and his co-pilot were aboard an OH-58 Kiowa when the helicopter's computer failed.


~snip~

Scrogin's injuries are extensive. The two pilots were first taken to an American military hospital in Kirkuk, about 180 miles north of Baghdad. Currently he is in Landstuhl, Germany and Scrogin said he will probably be moved to Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., by Tuesday.

“So far,” said Scrogin, “he has lost his left leg below the knee and three fingers on his left hand. He has a crushed pelvis, five fractured vertebra in his upper back and fractured facial bones.”



more:http://www.moberlymonitor.com/articles/2007/03/03/news/news1.txt

[mcscajun]

11. "hard landing" - isn't that also called a "CRASH"?

You've got a busted helicopter and two pilots injured, I know what *I'd* call it.

Good lord. x(

[VegasWolf]

12. "Hard landing!" Guess the Pentagon is saying the weather was turbulent on the ground

when the helicopter came in for a landing!