92-00472

 

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92-00472 Crashes in Afghanistan

 

 

 

17 February 2007: SHAHJOI, Afghanistan - A U.S. helicopter suffered a “sudden, unexplained loss of power” and crashed Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, killing eight American troops, the military said. Fourteen people on board survived.

A NATO spokesman denied the helicopter had been shot down, saying the pilot had radioed ahead to report engine problems. It was the deadliest U.S. crash in Afghanistan since last May.

The CH-47 Chinook helicopter was carrying 22 U.S. service members under overcast skies when there was a “sudden, unexplained loss of power and control and crashed,” U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. David Accetta said. The 14 survivors suffered injuries and were air-lifted out of the area for medical treatment. Eleven of the 14 survivors were subsequently air-lifted by a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to Germany for further treatment at Ramstein Air Base. An accompanying video, below, details the air lift operation.

The helicopter crashed in the Shahjoi district of Zabul province, about 50 yards from the main highway between Kabul and Kandahar, and appeared to be destroyed and scattered in several pieces.

The aircraft was quickly destroyed with explosives to prevent exploitation of the wreckage by enemy forces.

 

 

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