CNN Breaking News: Helicopter crash

[Ripley]

In Italy, four airmen aboard....didn't catch details...believed dead...

I'll try to find a link.

[peterh]

1. DJ US Military Helicopter Crashes In Sicily;At Least 3 Dead

only a headline from Dow Jones so far

[VolcanoJen]

2. Link from AP...

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0716ItalyCrash16-ON.html

Excerpt:

ROME - A U.S. military helicopter crashed in the countryside in eastern Sicily on Wednesday after taking off from a U.S. Navy base, according to Italian news agencies.

Italian police confirmed a helicopter had crashed but they had no word on survivors or details.

Lt. Steve Curry, a spokesman for the Navy base at Sigonella, near Catania, said he was checking out reports of the crash.

[Ripley]

5. Could this helicopter be related to Iraq mission?

If so, what are they doing in Italy?

If not, what the hell are they doing in Italy?

And how does something that expensive just fall out of the sky without being shot at and in a flat terrain?

[lebkuchen]

10. We have a Navy base in Sicily

Is it a Navy chopper?

[htuttle]

3. So, assuming they try to pass this off as a non-related 'accident' again

Italy? Right. Sure. They were in Italy.

Here's a question then: Who the hell is maintaining these helicopters that are always falling out of the sky? Brown & Root? Are they cutting costs at the expense of soldiers' lives? Anyone looking at the maintenance books for all these plummeting helicopters?

[Name removed]

4. Sigh...did I repeat myself again?

Did I repeat myself again?

Carry on...


(duplicate post)

[Divernan]

Privatized maintenance contracts on military equipment?

Who knows? But it sounds exactly like what Bush & the Repubs. are always pushing! I just heard that administration is using millions from the National Park Service budget on a study by a private consultant on privatizing a lot of jobs in the national parks. That has caused morale to plumet among government employees.

[Divernan]

6. Privatized maintenance contracts on military equipment?

Who knows? But it sounds exactly like what Bush & the Repubs. are always pushing! I just heard that administration is using millions from the National Park Service budget on a study by a private consultant on privatizing a lot of jobs in the national parks. That has caused morale to plumet among government employees.

[Divernan]

7. Faith based helicopter maintenance -

One crew member prays continuously while airborne.
And sorry about the duplicate post above - I'm having a lot of problems with this system today.

[Ripley]

8. Ain't we all Divernan?

Hoo boy, I'm getting really sick of this!

BTW, that faith based thing is funny but not, if you know what I mean.

[Gato Moteado]

9. hmmmmm.....were the passengers people that the bush junta...

...didn't want around any more?