Helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans
- Date
- August 16, 2012
- Make
- Sikorsky
- Model
- UH-60
- Location
- Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province
- Country
- Afghanistan
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 11
- Operator
- US-Army
- Link 1
- http://www.wfaa.com/news/world/166388156.html
- Link 2
- http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/afghan-coalition-service-members-die-in-isaf-helicopter-crash.html
- Link 3
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19280582
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