Washington, June 9 -- US President Donald Trump said that the pilots of a US Army Apache attack helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz are "safe" and suffered no injuries.
"The pilots are fine, nobody injured," Trump told reporters in New York after attending Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
He added that a report on the incident involving the Apache helicopter gunship would be released "tomorrow" but did not provide further details.
The helicopter's loss was first reported by The New York Times, which said a US Army AH-64 Apache gunship went down near the strategically vital waterway on Monday.
The cause of the incident remains unclear, and officials have not said whether the aircraft was brought down by hostile fire, suffered a ...