Three U.S. Army airmen were killed in the Sinai on Friday when their helicopter crashed on a routine maintenance flight, the multinational force spokesman announced here. He said the helicopter crashed about 9 miles in land from the Red Sea, in flat terrain II miles north of Sharm El-Sheikh. He said an investigation has been launched into the cause of the crash.
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