Portal Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikidata item. References [ edit ]. Edit today's anniversaries. The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 July Official press release. Retrieved On 2 July , was lost near Ramadi, Iraq, due to an accident. While conducting a cargo transport mission at night under night vision goggles, sat down in a landing zone near Ramadi.
A sister ship came in with a sling load and hovered nearby. The rotor wash from the second Chinook loosened the stakes securing the pad to the ground and one or more pads lifted into the rotor system causing the subsequent destruction of Of the crew of five and two passengers, there were some minor injuries, but no personnel were killed. When lost, was Retrieved 21 July The News Tribune.
Archived from the original on Al Jazeera. Retrieved 25 January Chicago Tribune, July 12, Retrieved 23 October Libya TV. Retrieved 16 August F warplane crashes in Iraq, pilot uninjured". Xinhua News Agency. The Jerusalem Post. The Department of State is deeply saddened by the deaths of two employees of Xe Consulting during a helicopter crash in Iraq on July 17 and extends our heartfelt sympathies to their families. Our thoughts are also with the two men who were injured in this incident and their families.
These men played an important role in assisting the Department in protecting American diplomats and missions in Iraq. BBC News. Archived from the original on 20 July Retrieved 20 July Ministry of Defence. The Sydney Morning Herald. Agence France-Presse. The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July Retrieved 1 August Retrieved 4 August Archived from the original on 27 July Retrieved 28 July A sandstorm has downed an Iraqi military helicopter, killing its five-member crew, while a Baghdad blast has killed five Iraqis, officials say.
The helicopter was providing aerial protection to Shia pilgrims travelling to the city of Karbala when it crashed in the sandstorm early in the morning.
