驻伊美军一架「黑鹰」直升机4月5日在巴格达南部被武装人员击落坠毁，目前还没有人员伤亡报告。 % K5 g2 { c) a , `6 a) u& k4 P2 d$ j 据中国日报网站消息，伊拉克军方一名匿名官员透露说，这架直升机是当地时间5日早晨7时30分左右在巴格达以南约30公里的拉蒂菲耶遭到袭击，武装人员很明显使用了防空重型机枪。目前还没有伤亡报告，美军已经将现场封锁.6 F3 o& S" \) H( [# F& H$ R3 ^
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美军直升机最近一次在巴格达失事发生于上个月1日，一架OH-58D「奇欧瓦」(KIOWA)侦察直升机在伊拉克北部「硬着陆」，两名飞行员受伤。此前一个星期，美军另一架「黑鹰」直升机在巴格达北部坠毁。 / K) [3 G4 t, Y) x% p0 d9 g @5 U2 c# f( ^- E F5 G/ C: MU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official 2 m# }- A0 @% x4 N+ q, o$ \ . w% F8 ?! }' J. C. m1 g$ Q$ CBAGHDAD: A U.S. helicopter went down after coming under fire Thursday in a Sunni militant stronghold south of Baghdad but there was no immediate word on casualties, an Iraqi army official said. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report.8 b- E7 M B% L/ p7 t$ G: U) z
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Gunmen opened fire on a Black Hawk helicopter at about 7:30 a.m. as it flew over Latifiyah, 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. * i8 j0 u6 S9 ~5 s. j / Y* R: t2 Z4 S- R) dThe helicopter went down in a rural area and U.S. forces had cordoned off the site, the official said. He had no information on casualties but said the militants apparently were using anti-aircraft heavy machine gun. 8 r* q- ^& ]0 n% e8 A$ b# y - X$ \! X9 _6 R% YLatifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks. ' c% R! @& Y. v& d$ G% j5 B& D- I) e 8 ]0 }$ a6 F6 }/ D* a" ]The last helicopter incident in Iraq occurred on March 1, when an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter made a "hard landing" in northern Iraq leaving the two crew members wounded. A week earlier, ground fire forced the downing of a Black Hawk north of Baghdad. & ?6 o. V- G2 ]6 g$ N% Z4 A" D7 k- e7 m9 T
With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.
