Military Helicopter Crashes in E. Iraq

Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters shown during Exercise Angel Thunder, in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, in 2010. A Pave Hawk crashed in Iraq on Thursday, killing seven people.

An Iraqi military helicopter crashed on Monday in the eastern province of Wasit due to a technical problem, wounding two crew members, the defense ministry said.

A statement by the ministry said that a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter crashed at al-Kut Air Base while conducting a training mission, resulting in minor injuries to the helicopter crew.

The ministry dispatched a technical team to the scene to investigate the incident, the statement said without providing further details.

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