Questions About The SEAL Team Six Helicopter Crash

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands on Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar province, Afghanistan, March 9, 2011. CNN

3 Questions About The SEAL Team Six Helicopter Crash -- Popular Science

The loss of a Chinook helicopter carrying members of Navy SEAL Team Six made yesterday the deadliest single day in the entire Afghan War for the U.S., The New York Times reports. Here are the three most pressing questions that need to be answered after this attack.

The loss of a helicopter carrying more than 20 U.S. special forces and as many as 8 other U.S. military service members is an unprecedented one in this war. The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DevGru)—better known by its former name, Team 6-reportedly suffered the bulk of the casualties. The incident comes just months after DevGru's raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Information about the incident is still trickling in, but these are a few of the most important questions in the immediate aftermath.

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My Comment: I am sure there will be more questions as investigators examine what happened in this failed mission.