U.S. helicopter crashes in Iraq, two soldiers injured

By Xinhua,

Baghdad : A U.S. helicopter crashed south of Baghdad early on Sunday, wounding two American soldiers, the U.S. military said.

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A military statement said preliminary indications refer to that the cause of the crash was due to a “mechanical failure.”

The military will conduct an investigation to determine what happened, the statement said.

The wounded soldiers were transported to a medical facility for treatment, it said.

More than 67 U.S. helicopter have been crashed since the U.S.-led invasion to Iraq in 2003, according to media count.