U.S. Copters Crash in East Africa; 10 Missing
From Times Wire Reports
Two Marine Corps transport helicopters carrying a dozen troops on a training mission crashed off the coast of Djibouti, and two were rescued in the initial search, the Pentagon said.
The fate of the others aboard the CH-53E choppers was not immediately known.
A rescue mission by troops from the U.S., Djibouti and France was underway, said a statement from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, a U.S.-led military force.
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