据美联社1月27日报道,美海军陆战队官员当地时间1月26日证实,一架直升机当天在伊拉克西部因恶劣天气坠毁,共造成31名驻伊美军士兵死亡。这是美海军陆战队自1983年在黎巴嫩贝鲁特军营遭自杀性袭击以来死亡人数最多的一次事故。虽然美军对这起事故的原因遮遮掩掩,但一个不争的事实是,通过这一事件,让有“海上种马”之称的CH-53E运输直升机目前的窘境曝光在世人面前。 According to the Associated Press reported January 27, U.S. Marine Corps officials confirmed on January 26 local time that a helicopter crashed in the bad weather in western Iraq on that day, resulting in the death of 31 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. This is the largest number of deaths since the U.S. Marine Corps suffered a suicide attack in Beirut in Lebanon in 1983. Although the reason for the accident was hidden by the U.S. military, it is an indisputable fact that this incident exposed the current dilemma of the CH-53E transport helicopter known as “Sea Stallion.”