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Nepal rescuers find 3 bodies near crashed US Marine chopper
AP via Yahoo ^ | May 15, 2015 | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA and NIRMALA GEORGE

Posted on 05/15/2015 4:21:00 AM PDT by don-o

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese rescuers on Friday found three bodies near the wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter that disappeared earlier this week while on a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation, and officials said it was unlikely there were any survivors from the crash.

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1 posted on 05/15/2015 4:21:00 AM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o

USMC confirmed the identification of the wreckage.


2 posted on 05/15/2015 4:21:57 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Tragic.


3 posted on 05/15/2015 4:44:29 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: don-o

R.I.P.


4 posted on 05/15/2015 5:06:26 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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A total of 300 U.S. military personnel have been supporting the aid mission in Nepal, which includes three Hueys, four Marine MV-22B Ospreys, two KC-130 Hercules and four Air Force C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift aircraft.

I thought I saw an Osprey on a CNN video this morning. Looked like Russian helicopters also being used for some parts of the mission.

5 posted on 05/15/2015 5:13:57 AM PDT by McGruff (What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
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To: don-o
Six Marines and two Nepalese army soldiers were believed to be aboard the aircraft,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/11607278/Nepal-army-says-wreckage-of-missing-US-military-chopper-found.html

Where are the rest. Did they survive the crash?

6 posted on 05/15/2015 5:15:46 AM PDT by McGruff (What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
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***Where are the rest. Did they survive the crash? ***

The YETI are starving after the earthquake! They will eat anything!


7 posted on 05/15/2015 7:09:40 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Some times you need more than six shots. Much more.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Those ice chests can be dangerous... and expensive.


8 posted on 05/15/2015 7:15:44 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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