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Iraq
US chopper forced to land after taking ground fire E. of Baghdad
2007-08-01
Is it duck season already? Someone has issued a new set of duck stamps.
United States helicopter was forced to land after taking fire from the ground East of the Iraqi capital, a US military statement said on Tuesday. The statement said a Multi-National Division-Baghdad aircraft conducted a precautionary landing today in an Eastern portion of the Iraqi capital. The aircraft, an AH-64 Apache helicopter, came under attack from ground fire and landed East of the New Baghdad District, the statement added.
The statement also said the crew of the aircraft was successfully evacuated from the precautionary landing site by its sister aircraft. The crewmembers were taken to a Coalition Forces medical treatment facility for a routine evaluation, and the incident is under investigation, the statement added.
Posted by:Seafarious

#6  I didn't say that that was a good thing...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-08-01 14:50  

#5  don't tell the lawyers: it would be safe to presume all UA aircraft carry ordnance, and the ensuing post-crash fire would set it off.......
it appears that tu and crusader are sharing the same toothbrush as wx today re: lawyers.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-08-01 14:35  

#4  The lawyers would never go for it.

Make sure the lawyers are the first ones alerted about the "crash"--ask that they go immediately to the scene to investigate.
Posted by: Crusader   2007-08-01 13:50  

#3  The lawyers would never go for it.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-08-01 11:56  

#2  Love that idea.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-08-01 11:36  

#1  Wouldn't you like to take some ready-for-scrap chopper and purposely 'crash' land it near a bad neighborhood, with it all rigged up with demo charges (maybe a few dozen Claymores or the like). Evacuate heroic pilot. When the jihadi cheerleaders and their camera crews are all assembled, trigger the 'work accident' to occur. The message needs to get out that it is just not safe to play around damaged US military equipment.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-08-01 07:28  

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