Seven US Marines killed in helicopter collision
WASHINGTON Seven US Marines were killed when two helicopters collided in Arizona during a training exercise, a defense official told AFP on Thursday.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfVzb6ZBJ40ryzP5y9QUo54J079w?docId=CNG.bc8dd049c4a554269cddf6805e56394b.761
Midair helicopter collision kills 7 Marines.
(CNN) -- Two helicopters collided in midair during a training exercise in Arizona, killing seven Marines, the U.S. Marine Corps said Thursday.
Wednesday night's crash occurred during routine training operations at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Carl B. Redding, Jr., said in a statement.
The two aircraft, an AH-1W "Super Cobra" and a UH-1Y "Huey," were part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.
Authorities were investigating the collision, which occurred in a remote area of a training range complex, Redding said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/23/us/arizona-marines-killed/index.html
maddezmom
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MADem
(135,425 posts)It's absurd to not train against the possibility of contingencies. This was a training accident, a sad, regrettable training accident.
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Robeysays
(673 posts)funny it's only been that long in american hands
MADem
(135,425 posts)You have no idea what people might be dead serious about in this world.
I take people at their word, particularly when they don't give me a nudge to suggest otherwise.
Impossible to hear "tone" over the internet--unless we're talking YouTube.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Think again..... Arizona. ARIZONA Think Arpio, Brewer, Jared Loughner! Of course, if they were "training" to liberate the state, well....
My respects to the lost and my condolences to their loved ones.
dipsydoodle
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Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)DUIC
(167 posts)Like.
MaineDem
(18,161 posts)Condolences to their families.
NMDemDist2
(49,313 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)To the family and friends, there aren't any words.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)A terrible tragedy!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Deepest sympathies to their families.