Beech MC-12 havarert i Afghanistan

U.S. surveillance plane crash in Afghanistan kills 3 Americans

It's unclear why the plane crashed but it reportedly was not shot down. The crash is the latest in what has been a deadly week for American airmen.


An MC-12 surveillance airplane, like the one that crashed Friday in Afghanistan, killing three Americans.

A U.S. military MC-12 plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan early Friday morning, killing three Americans.

The plane was not struck by enemy fire, a defense official told ABC News, though a cause of the crash has not been released.