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    A military chopper lost contact in Phetchabun Wednesday

    A military chopper lost contact in Phetchabun Wednesday - The Nation

    A military chopper lost contact in Phetchabun Wednesday

    February 20, 2013 12:38 pm

    A military helicopter lost contact while flying over forest site in Phetchabun's Khao Kor district on Wednesday.

    Officials are trying to locate it. It is still not known how many crew were on board.
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    MCOT English News ‏@MCOT_Eng

    Chinook helicopter in joint military exercise codenamed Cobra Gold 2013 crashes near Phetchabun-Phitsanulok border

    No immediate word on crew's fate

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    yikes, thats gonna hurt, hope they are ok

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    That's terrible. Hopefully it wasn't due to shoddy maintenance. Loss of life and expensive equipment due to laziness is a tragedy.

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    Quite a common occurrence with these military helicopters here in Thailand.

    One can only hope everyone on board are OK.

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    MCOT English News ‏@MCOT_Eng

    Air Force chief: US helicopter in Cobra Gold 2013 joint military exercise makes emergency landing at Phitsanulok; all 7 crew safe, 1 injured

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    Quite a common occurrence with these military helicopters here in Thailand.
    Seems to be. quite a few lost last year crasging into mountains as I recall, flying in very bad weather. Also a few rumours about what they're bringing over from the Burmese border as well..

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    Three hurt in US helicopter hard landing in Thailand | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

    3 hurt in US copter 'hard' landing (update)

    A United States Marine helicopter on Wednesday made a "hard landing" during military exercises in the northern province of Phitsanulok, seriously injuring some of the passengers, the US embassy in Bangkok said.


    US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (right) watches a CH-46 Sea Knight taking off from the USS Peleliu off the coast of San Diego, California on March 30, 2012. A US Marine helicopter on Wednesday made a "hard landing" during military exercises in northern Thailand, seriously injuring some of the passengers, the US Embassy in Bangkok said.

    Embassy spokesman Walter Braunohler said there were no fatalities in the incident, which involved a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter carrying US personnel taking part in the Cobra Gold joint military drills.

    A source close to the exercises said two of the helicopter passengers were believed to need emergency surgery, while one sustained more minor injuries and a further three were unhurt.

    Cobra Gold is the largest US multilateral exercise in the Asia-Pacific, bringing together thousands of troops from the US, Thailand and other countries for field training.

    The annual drills are a key part of the US military relationship with Thailand, whose air bases and ports remain vital to the American military's logistical network in Asia.

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    Hate choppers. Been down in them twice; one 'hard landing' and one flat out crash (shot down). Last time I was in one was in '91 - the second chopper of our flight of two crashed in the jungle in Mindanao. I hope I'm never in one again.

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