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"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has
made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.
Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft.,
according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The lawmakers are on a trip this week that includes stops in India, Turkey
and Pakistan.

Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively,
and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska. "

WTF?! Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?



-c

On Feb 21, 3:39*pm, "gatt" wrote:
*"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has
made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.
Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft.,
according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The lawmakers are on a trip this week that includes stops in India, Turkey
and Pakistan.

Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively,
and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska. "

WTF?! *Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?

I dunno, but I bet Kerry puts in for a medal over it.

In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:
"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has
made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.
Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft.,
according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The lawmakers are on a trip this week that includes stops in India, Turkey
and Pakistan.

Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively,
and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska. "

WTF?! Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?

How do you know they weren't?


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they made it...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/...rgency_landing
On Feb 21, 4:35*pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

*"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has
made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.
Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft.,
according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The lawmakers are on a trip this week that includes stops in India, Turkey
and Pakistan.
Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively,
and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska. "
WTF?! *Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?

How do you know they weren't?

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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

WTF?! Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?

How do you know they weren't?

How do we know they were?

-c

In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

WTF?! Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?

How do you know they weren't?

How do we know they were?

I don't as a fact, but knowing how the military works, I highly doubt
any outsiders would have been told about it until the event was over.


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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

How do you know they weren't?

How do we know they were?

I don't as a fact, but knowing how the military works, I highly doubt
any outsiders would have been told about it until the event was over.

I figured they might as likely have press a la Geraldo Rivera dogging them
the whole way.

-c

On Feb 21, 1:39*pm, "gatt" wrote:
*"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has
made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.
Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft.,
according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The lawmakers are on a trip this week that includes stops in India, Turkey
and Pakistan.

Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively,
and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska. "

WTF?! *Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?

-c

The "emergency" landing was probably at an alternate airport/base.

You can bet those three tit-suckers wouldn't be anywhere near any
actual danger.

In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

wrote in message
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In rec.aviation.piloting gatt wrote:

How do you know they weren't?

How do we know they were?

I don't as a fact, but knowing how the military works, I highly doubt
any outsiders would have been told about it until the event was over.

I figured they might as likely have press a la Geraldo Rivera dogging them
the whole way.

I doubt they could get cell service in the mountains of Afghanistan and
that the troops would let them make such a call if one of the party was
that stupid.


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In rec.aviation.piloting Mr.Smartypants wrote:
On Feb 21, 1:39?pm, "gatt" wrote:
?"WASHINGTON (AP) - A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has
made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.
Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft.,
according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The lawmakers are on a trip this week that includes stops in India, Turkey
and Pakistan.

Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively,
and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska. "

WTF?! ?Is this something that needs to be reported before they're secured
and recovered?

-c

The "emergency" landing was probably at an alternate airport/base.

You can bet those three tit-suckers wouldn't be anywhere near any
actual danger.

They landed in a field in the mountains because of a snow storm and
were transported the rest of the way by ground vehicles.

While waiting for pickup, the troops formed a perimeter and a fighter
flew air cover as would be expected for such a situation.


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