This is the report of the helicopter.
Senators hope to learn more about bin Laden op
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Monday May 2, 2011 16:06:58 EDT
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants more information about the special operations helicopter that was blown up Sunday by U.S. Navy SEALs after suffering some kind of failure during the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.
At one point Sunday night, during a briefing with reporters, White House officials said the helicopter had suffered a mechanical failure that led to a forced landing in the Pakistan compound; another chopper was sent to extract the U.S. forces. But, later in the same briefing, White House officials said mechanical failure may not have been to blame.
News photos of the remains of the helicopter appear to show a UH-60 Black Hawk.
The failure of a helicopter during a key part of the military mission was eerily similar to the mechanical failures and crash that resulted in disaster during Desert One, the 1980 incident when U.S. forces attempted to free U.S. hostages being held in Iran. The rescue mission was aborted when three of the five helicopters suffered mechanical problems or did not reach the rendezvous point because of bad weather and malfunctions.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the armed services committee chairman, said during a Monday conference call with reporters that the committee hopes to discover exactly what happened to the helicopter on Tuesday afternoon, when the Obama administration promised to provide a full briefing on details of the operation.
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Senators hope to learn more about bin Laden op
Report from Richard Engle
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