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Old 5th Nov 2005, 01:09
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On July 27 this year, it crashed in the Afghan city Spin Buldak on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan when it went into insert troops. The aircraft, one of two operating in the area at the time, was responding to reports of enemy activity.
The helicopter was not shot by enemy fire, but the crash was the result of "brown-out conditions". Brown-out conditions is when the rotor kick up dust and debris, reducing the pilots vision- also results in "brown-out" for the inside of the pilots flying suit!!! No one was injured in the incident.
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