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4 Die in U.S. Helicopter Crash in Kuwait
By Thomas E. Ricks
Monday, February 24, 2003; 9:45 PM

Four Army soldiers died in a helicopter crash in Kuwait, the U.S. military said last night.
The soldiers were the crew of a UH-60 Black Hawk that was conducting a night exercise with another helicopter from the Army's Germany-based 5th Corps, said the Central Command, the headquarters for U.S. military operations in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.....

Full story at Washington Post, link above.

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Four U.S. soldiers killed in Kuwait copter accident Military: Black Hawk crashed during training mission Monday, February 24, 2003 Posted: 9:21 PM EST (0221 GMT)

KUWAIT CITY (CNN) -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed early Tuesday when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Camp New Jersey, about 31 miles [50 kilometers] northwest of Kuwait City, U.S. Central Command said.

The soldiers' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The aircraft was on a night training mission when it crashed about 1 a.m. (5 p.m. Monday EST). The four crew members were the only personnel on board the aircraft.

The cause of the crash is being investigated, Central Command said.

In Afghanistan last month, another U.S. Army Black Hawk crashed during a nighttime training mission, killing all four crew members on board.

That aircraft, an MH-60 Black Hawk modified for special operations and technically known as a Pave Hawk, went down on the Shomali Plains about seven miles [11 kilometers] due east of Bagram Air Base, headquarters for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.