Marine helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

[jakeXT]

Marine helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

DEVELOPING: US military sources tell Fox News that a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Thursday.

Sources say there were casualties as a result, however, the military is still gathering details about the incident.

According to one source, the accident is so recent that the crash site has yet to be secured.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/national/foxnews/Marine-helicopter-crashes-in-Afghanistan_51955184

Other sources say two helicopters collided, but I can't find anything yet.

[riverwalker]

1. on CBS

just now, but had no more information than above story. Except that it was in Helmand province.

[tawadi]

2. 6 dead in chopper crash in Afghanistan

another link: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57362394/6-dead-in-chopper-crash-in-afghanistan/

[jakeXT]

3. One article says ch46 the other ch53. /nt

[tawadi]

5. Today's news says the helicopter was a CH-53 sea stallion

link:http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Six-Kaneohe-Marines-killed-in-Afghanistan/ds0GwUJBQkeCZS5Nd37o4Q.cspx

[bemildred]

4. Afghanistan helicopter crash kills 6 NATO troops

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi—
A NATO helicopter crashed Thursday in southern Afghanistan in an apparent accident that killed six members of the international military force, the U.S.-led coalition said.

The cause of the crash was under investigation, but the coalition said there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time. In line with policy, it would not disclose the identities of those killed or their nationalities until the governments and families involved had been notified.

Helicopter-related fatalities and near-misses are not unusual in Afghanistan, although most involve one or two fatalities.

In August, however, in the deadliest single incident in the decade-long war, a military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 38 U.S. and Afghan troops, including 17 with the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chopper-crash-20120120,0,1766129.story

[douglas9]

6. Marine, native of Iowa, dies in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

Marine Master Sgt. Travis Riddick, a Centerville native, was killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, his parents told The Des Moines Register. He was 40.

Riddick joined the U.S. Marines Corps after graduating from Centerville High School in 1990.

“I guess we’re kind of a Marine Corps family,” said Riddick’s father, John Riddick of Mount Pleasant. “My dad was a Marine, my brother was a Marine, I was a Marine, his cousins were Marines.”

Travis Riddick served three tours of duty in Iraq and two in Afghanistan, his parents said.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120121/NEWS/301210034/-1/ENT05/Marine-native-Iowa-dies-helicopter-crash-Afghanistan

[carla]

7. One would think it

not a matter of pride but of economics that so many in one family were marines...semper huh?

[PavePusher]

8. "One would think"... but sadly, you didn't. n/t