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14 UK troops die in Afghan crash
« on: September 02, 2006, 09:22:10 PM »
Fourteen British service personnel have died after their aircraft crashed in Afghanistan, the MoD has said.



Twelve RAF personnel, a Royal Marine and an Army soldier were on board the RAF Nimrod MR2 which came down in the southern province of Kandahar.



The reconnaissance plane, based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland, belonged to the Nato-led force battling the Taleban.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5308622.stm
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14 UK troops die in Afghan crash
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2006, 02:17:31 AM »
Very sad news.   :(
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14 UK troops die in Afghan crash
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2006, 08:06:05 AM »
Looks like it was a on board fire. No details of how it started yet. On final approach, 3 minutes from safety.
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