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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... -base.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (yes, a very reliable newspaper
)http://www.bfbs.com/news/afghanistan/ch ... 38116.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-New ... In_Helmand" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Defen ... nistan.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A rather unfortunate incident...
Board Of Inquiry could be very interesting
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Speaking to one of the pilots out there it seems tiredness could well be factor here.
Crews are having as little as 20 minutes sleep in 24 hours.
There has also been conflict with those who task the missions.
When things have gone wrong they have denied responsibility.
Pilots are now declaring themselves unfit to fly to protect their lives and the lives of others.
Gurkha hurt as Chinook hits
Published: 12 Aug 2010
A CHINOOK helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, seriously injuring a Gurkha.
The £30million chopper's rotor blades hit a lookout tower as it tried to make a night-time resupply to a Forward Operating Base.
The collision is understood to have demolished a wall next to where the Gurkha was sleeping.
Comrades dug through the rubble for more than half an hour to get him out.
He was given life-saving first aid before being airlifted to Camp Bastion.
The pilot battled to land the badly damaged helicopter outside the walls of the FOB in Helmand's Upper Gareshk Valley.
It is understood the Chinook crew and other soldiers on the ground were unhurt.
A source said: "Losing a Chinook is a worst-case scenario."
It is common for FOBs to be resupplied in the dark as helicopters make less of a target. Pilots routinely fly with night vision goggles and accidents are rare.