India, June 9 -- The crew of a US Army Apache helicopter was rescued after it crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump assuring that the pilots were "fine".

The crash was first reported by the New York Times, which said that the helicopter went down under circumstances that were "unclear". It is still not confirmed whether the chopper was shot down by Iran, which has kept the Strait of Hormuz under a chokehold since the US and Israel started the West Asia war on February 28, or if it faced a mechanical failure. Follow US-Iran war LIVE updates here.

Trump, speaking to journalists at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York after watching the NBA Finals Game 3 between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio S...