3 bodies found in plane wreckage in Afghanistan

[unhappycamper]

3 bodies found in plane wreckage in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 13:21:11 EDT

KABUL — NATO-led forces have recovered the remains of three American military contractors from the wreckage of a U.S. Army reconnaissance plane that crashed two weeks ago in the rugged mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday.

The Army C-12 Huron twin-engine turboprop had been missing since it crashed Oct. 13 while on a routine mission in Nuristan province, a Taliban insurgent stronghold. The plane went down less than two weeks after insurgents overran a coalition outpost the same province, killing eight American troops in one of the war’s deadliest battles for the U.S.

NATO said in a statement that the crash is “under investigation, though hostile action is not believed to be the cause of the crash.”

Thomas Casey, a spokesman for Lockheed Martin Corp., confirmed that the three dead men — a pilot, co-pilot and technician — were American citizens working for Lockheed Martin subcontractors.

They were employed under a Lockheed Martin contract for “counter-narcoterrorism” operations, Casey said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/ap_afghanistan_crash_remains_102709w/

[saigon68]

1. Sucks to be them

I hope they liked the $$$$$$

The whole situation is out of control.

But then again, amerika rules the world. Even the NYPD has a unit there. Too bad seniors go hungry and children are homeless in amerika

God I feel safe.--- Well at least the Taliban don't do Rose Petal parades yet.

[tanyev]

2. Lockheed Martin has a contract for counter-narcoterrorism operations?

I thought they just built stuff. :(

[unhappycamper]

3. The MC-12W is a souped up Beechcraft King Air 350.

They only cost $6 million (which is less than the cost of an MQ-9 Reaper).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC-12W