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Two Black Hawk helicopters carried about 25 Navy Seal members to the compound, where they killed Bin Laden but one copter had crashed. Other copter can carry 25 troops plus three crews and body of OBL. Report said the Black Hawk can transport 11 fully equipped combat soldiers in an assault ready configuration, or 14 in a maximum capacity situation. Maximum troop carrying capacity is 20 lightly equipped personnel.
I wonder that one copter is enough room to carry all of them?
Actually, there was 4 helicopters. 2 were on stand by.
I think that two copters was arrived at OBL s house. I guess that other copter picked other troops while flying on air.
Yes - two went. One crashed
One flew back, half the troop went on foot, one of the back up went to collect them. 4th was on stand by the whole time. So total was 4.
yep. this kind of thing happened again in Black Hawk Down. and also to my friend in Afghanistan where a Navy SEALs guy fell out of Black Hawk after RPG attack.
good thing is that in this case... nobody died except Osama bin Laden