Chopper Down in Iraq + Some Really Big News

The US had a helicopter crash in Iraq.

The U.S. military says one of its helicopters has crashed in northern Iraq, killing an American soldier and injuring three others.
The military says the cause of the crash late Saturday is under investigation, but is not believed to be linked to enemy fire. An Iraqi military official says the helicopter went down near the city of Tikrit.
In another development, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways, plans to begin regular passenger flights to Baghdad on April 26.
The airline said Sunday it will launch five return flights a week from Abu Dhabi to Baghdad using Airbus A320 planes, subject to government and regulatory approval.
The plan would make Etihad the first Emirati airline to provide regular passenger flights to Iraq. Etihad says it hopes to add an additional route between Abu Dhabi and the city of Irbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region starting June 1.

Here's the bigger news in this article - there's a company ready to start passenger service in and out of Baghdad. Yeah, no shit. That should've been your lead.

By: Brant