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Jon Gambrell

Pilots 'fine' after US helicopter crashes near strait

It's not known what caused a US Apache helicopter to crash near the Strait of Hormuz. (file) (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A US Army Apache attack helicopter has crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump saying the two pilots aboard are "fine" after the incident involving the waterway that remains under a chokehold by Iran.

What caused the crash remained unclear on Tuesday in the Middle East, which was still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest strain yet to the nominal ceasefire in the Iran war.

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