Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers
By: WROC-TV
Updated: August 22, 2007
At least 14 U.S. soldiers were killed when the Black Hawk helicopter they were in went down earlier today in northern Iraq, marking one of the worst incidents of its kind since the start of the U.S.-led war. The U.S. military issued a brief statement saying, quote, "Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. That helicopter had been carrying four crew members and ten passengers."
The statement went on to indicate that there were no obvious signs of enemy activity having brought down the helicoper, which the military said had most likely suffered some sort of mechanical failure.
