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KABUL, Afghanistan A helicopter crash that killed 10 U.S. troops last May was caused by a series of mishaps, a new report concludes. Problems included a nighttime landing on a small mountaintop zone, trees that were too close to the runway and soldiers who lacked axes to cut them down.
Maj. Matt Hackathorn, a military spokesman at the U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, said on Monday that the May crash came "as a very hard lesson" in the difficulties of flying in Afghanistan.See the full content of this document
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May Copter Crash Blamed On Tree
The CH-47 Chinook a large transport helicopter with two overhead rotors had such a small landing zone that only its two rear wheels could touch do...
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