BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, May 7, 2006
Recovery operations resumed today at the site of a U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan's Kunar province that claimed 10 soldiers' lives, military officials reported.
The aircraft fell into a ravine. The cause of the crash is under investigation, and an investigative team is on the scene. Officials have ruled out enemy action as a possible cause.
The soldiers' names are being withheld until next-of-kin notification is complete, officials said. (Above courtesy of DoD - American Forces Press Service and taken from a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news release)
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