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Originally Posted by kerry
The overloaded argument to explain the crash doesn't seem that credible. It had flown quite a ways before getting there so it burned a lot of fuel. It also must have had to fly higher to get to the destination so altitude problems also doesn't seem that convincing. Maybe it was shot down.
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Clicking through the various links one British paper stated that the helicopter came under assault from rocket propelled grenades which caused the crash.
OK - I found the links -
Here's the story with the most photos I've seen -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382859/Osama-bin-Laden-dead-Photo-Obama-watching-Al-Qaeda-leader-die-live-TV.html
And here is the direct link to the claim about RPG downing of aircraft -
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/03/article-1382859-0BE3114900000578-216_964x741.jpg
The specific statement was -
"Near miss: Wreckage from the crashed U.S. helicopter hangs over a wall in the Abbottabad compound. It stalled after coming under fire from rocket-propelled grenades. Right, the remains of the helicopter are driven away on a tractor"