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Helicopter missing in Afghanistan

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Taylor, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security for a helicopter carrying Brig. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie on Forward Operating Base Cherokee in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on October 15, 2009. UPI/Freddy G. Cantu/U.S. Marine Corps 
Published: Nov. 26, 2009 at 6:36 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A helicopter belonging to a Dutch military contractor in Afghanistan was reported missing, NATO officials said Thursday.

The helicopter, carrying an unknown number of passengers, went missing Tuesday and a search for it was underway, CNN reported quoting Lt. Col. Todd Vician, spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.

He did not say how many passengers were aboard or the location where the chopper disappeared.

The craft, owned by Netherlands-based Supreme Global, is used to transport food supplies for military and multinational forces.

Vician said there had been no distress signal from the chopper.

Topics: War in Afghanistan
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