14 US soldiers dead after helicopter crash in Iraq
{{date|August 22, 2007}}
[[Image:Black hawk.jpg|right|230px|thumb|A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter flying from [[w:Bagram Air Base|Bagram Air Base]] to [[w:Ghazni |Ghazni]] in [[Afghanistan]].]]
At least 14 United States troops, four crew and ten passengers, were killed in Iraq when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed, for unknown reasons. The U.S. military in Iraq are blaming mechanical failure for the crash. One other helicopter was flying with the downed one on a mission the military calls ''Task Force Lightning.''

"There were no indications of hostile fire. 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 10 passengers," said the U.S. military in a statement to the press.

The military says that this is the worst crash of its kind in Iraq since 2005 when 31 U.S. marines were killed after their chopper crashed.

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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/22/iraq.main/
|title=14 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq helicopter crash
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|date=August 22, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/22/AR2007082200457.html
|title=Helicopter crash in Iraq kills 14 U.S. troops
|author=Reuters
|pub=Washington Post
|date=August 22, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/22/ap4042627.html
|title=14 United States Soldiers Die in Helicopter Crash
|author=Associated Press
|pub=Forbes
|date=August 22, 2007}}

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Bagram Air Base to Ghazni in Afghanistan.
At least 14 United States troops, four crew and ten passengers, were killed in Iraq when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed, for unknown reasons. The U.S. military in Iraq are blaming mechanical failure for the crash. One other helicopter was flying with the downed one on a mission the military calls Task Force Lightning.

"There were no indications of hostile fire. 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 10 passengers," said the U.S. military in a statement to the press.

The military says that this is the worst crash of its kind in Iraq since 2005 when 31 U.S. marines were killed after their chopper crashed.
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