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Video - Plane Crash In Afghanistan Kills Three Americans

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published January 10, 2014 at 3:13 AM PST

This story was published more than 11 years ago.

Two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed when their MC-12 reconnaissance plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Friday.

All three Americans were part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force.

ABC News reports the Beechcraft propeller aircraft went down during a nighttime mission.

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The identities of the three Americans who died Friday have not yet been released.

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