US military helicopter with 7 people crashes in Iraq
A US military helicopter has crashed in western Iraq near the border with Syria, according to multiple US defense officials, reports CNN.
It was unclear why the aircraft, an HH-60 Pave Hawk, went down, the officials added. They did not rule out ground fire, and they could not confirm how many people had been killed.
One official said the helicopter was not on a combat operation but was ferrying troops.
Maj. Adrian J. Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman, said Thursday night that rescue personnel had been deployed and that the crash, in Anbar Province, near Syria, was under investigation.
The officials said the early reports do not indicate hostile fire, but they emphasized they need to determine what happened.
The HH-60 is a modified version of the Black Hawk helicopter. It is often flown by the Air Force for medical evacuation missions, and is used by Special Operations Para-rescue specialists.
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