Five dead in Iraq chopper crash
From correspondents in Washington
January 24, 2007 07:41am
Article from: Agence France-Presse
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A HELICOPTER owned by the US security firm Blackwater USA crashed in Baghdad today, killing five people, a US defence official said.
"A quick reaction force and Blackwater employees went to the crash scene and found the remains of five people," said the official, who asked not to be identified.
The identity or nationality of the five was not immediately known, nor was the cause of the crash.
The MH-6 helicopter crashed about 7.30pm AEDT yesterday in Baghdad's Rusafa districts, the official said.
It came after 13 US troops were killed in the crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Saturday, north-east of Baghdad, which officials believe may have been shot down with a shoulder-fired surface to air missile.