2 _9 R/ o5 x# Q3 v7 v; n美军直升机最近一次在巴格达失事发生于上个月1日，一架OH-58D「奇欧瓦」(KIOWA)侦察直升机在伊拉克北部「硬着陆」，两名飞行员受伤。此前一个星期，美军另一架「黑鹰」直升机在巴格达北部坠毁。; @7 h+ H7 L( v3 n
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U.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official 5 o1 e" Y* `4 g: s; [4 W0 a) B& `1 S8 O) u2 B# o
BAGHDAD: A U.S. helicopter went down after coming under fire Thursday in a Sunni militant stronghold south of Baghdad but there was no immediate word on casualties, an Iraqi army official said. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report.3 {( {1 ~/ |3 \
/ e& x5 S) T& J( P+ ]. v: D8 p% }Gunmen opened fire on a Black Hawk helicopter at about 7:30 a.m. as it flew over Latifiyah, 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. " I, @" C% g* ~ / v- p6 K- O5 m: x3 C# j2 B7 ]The helicopter went down in a rural area and U.S. forces had cordoned off the site, the official said. He had no information on casualties but said the militants apparently were using anti-aircraft heavy machine gun. . k: J) q/ S% J7 T0 {1 F 1 r' G( q: }* c1 E7 GLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.9 O& ?/ A& u1 @. B: Z3 b* ^. }$ C
: q3 m) i) Z/ r2 X; t s2 l& X8 _The last helicopter incident in Iraq occurred on March 1, when an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter made a "hard landing" in northern Iraq leaving the two crew members wounded. A week earlier, ground fire forced the downing of a Black Hawk north of Baghdad.7 b# q% Z# Q" k0 t% v
- O8 p8 U( U& l5 v# A; }With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
