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Helicopter crash in Afghanistan, death toll grows to 6

Sangin, Afghanistan - All occupants of the aircraft, maybe also a child on the ground

The death toll of yesterday's helicopter crash in the Helmand region, Afghanistan (see AVIONEWS), has grown to 6. All the passengers on board of the aircraft, a Pecotox-Air Mil Mi-26T, are understood to be Ukrainian and they were civilians in service for a company in support of the British troops. According to some local sources, besides the occupants of the helicopter, in the crash would have also...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1107162
Rome, Italy, 07/15/2009 13:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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