A US news cameraman was killed when the US Navy helicopter in which he was traveling crashed in the Gulf.
A Pentagon statement said a civilian television cameraman was killed and four sailors were injured.
The cause of the crash of the SH-60 helicopter, which belonged to the guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay, was under investigation, the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said in a statement.
The statement did not give any details about the cameraman, who it said was preparing a news story on the U.S. Navy.
A Kuwait US Embassy spokesman told Reuters earlier that the crash occurred at 0800 (0600 Irish time) in the northern part of the Gulf. He did not release the names of the victims.
USS Mobile Bayis part of an operation enforcing the United Nations trade embargo imposed on Iraq.