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CNN Live Sunday

Rough Landing for Marine Helicopter

Aired December 30, 2001 - 16:02   ET

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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Back to a story we mentioned earlier, the rough landing of that Marine helicopter, the chopper has been a workhorse for the Marines in Afghanistan. Bill Hemmer has more from the military base at Kandahar Airport.

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BILL HEMMER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Under a full moon in Kandahar, word of a rare mishap for the U.S. Marines. Apparently late Saturday afternoon, a Super Stallion helicopter, a CH-53 apparently suffered a hard landing somewhere in the region. This helicopters has been a workhorse for the Marines throughout their operations here in Afghanistan.

We are told the crew of four is safe and fine. No serious injuries and no casualties on board. As for the helicopter, the Marines say sometime overnight Sunday and into Monday they will recover the helicopter and bring it back to the airport.

As for the detainees, the number now here in Kandahar, 139 after 14 more were brought in late Saturday night. We are told through sources on the ground, the process can be slow at times due to the translation and the difficulty working through translations of several languages here on the ground.

Ultimately they say the big question still has not been answered: Where is Osama bin Laden?

On another front we are told same number, 139, is now being detained and processed somewhere in Pakistan. Eventually, sources say, they too will come here to Kandahar.

With the U.S. Marines, Bill Hemmer, CNN, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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