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Kelly, good morning. what do we know right now about what might have caused it? >> well we have hints here and there, jose, but we don't know anything definitively as yet. that huey crew was overheard on radio chatter talking about a possible fuel problem before the chopper disappeared, but this morning the task force commander said they could not confirm the cause of the crash yet. at the same time vowing that they would find the cause eventually. a nepalese search team found this crash site. it's in dense forest on a very steep mountain slope at an elevation of 11,000 feet and nepal's defens...

The defense secretary telling cnn three bodies have been found in the charred wreckage of the helicopter. six u.s. marines on the helicopter helping on an aid mission when the pilot radioed about some kind of fuel problem, then contact was lost. cnn's will ripley will join us with details in a few minutes. that helicopter has been found and officials saying three bodies in the charred wreckage. we will bring more as we get it. there is new information on the crash of amtrak 188. the engineer driving the train has been agreed to be interviewed by the ntsbational transportation safety board. 3...

We flew over that area yesterday. it is one of the areas where crews have been searching by air and on ground. it was an aerial search that spotted the helicopter. we know crews on the ground reached the crash site. the defense secretary in nepal are saying they found the three bodies and they were burned. we don't know identification on bodies. we don't know the location of the other crew members. three bodies have been found so far. they were trying to help. they were trying to help tens of thousands of people in the region who are in badly need of humanitarian aid. food water and medicine. ...

Six u.s. marines on board. two nepalese soldiers. the condition of the helicopter described as wreckage indicates this was a crash. not a hard landing. there was a fire. not good news for the families. >> no. i know there was hope in the early going after it lost contact after a fuel problem. possibly it landed safely and because of the height in the himalayans they could not find where it was or talk to their helicopter. now sadly we are learning it crashed on the mountain side. give us a sense where these marines are from and give us a sense of how dangerous and difficult it is to fly a heli...

Yesterday. we actually flew past 35 kilometers and we went out about 80 miles east into the epicenter of the second earthquake that rocked nepal earlier this week on tuesday. h is the area the u.s. marine helicopter was op right ra operating in, delivering supplies to people who regions that have been cut off because lands slides have closed roads. the helicopter was heading back toward katmandu. they reported a fuel problem so they were heading back west towards the city and apparently went down about 21 miles or 5 kilometers east of katmandu. we are checking constantly to find out how the cr...