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Three killed in UN helicopter crash in South Sudan

FP Archives • August 27, 2014, 08:29:33 IST
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Khartoum: Three people were killed and another injured when a helicopter belonging to the UN mission in South Sudan crashed on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_1683615” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![The mission reported losing contact with the helicopter. IBNLive](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/UN-IBN.jpg) The mission reported losing contact with the helicopter. IBNLive[/caption] The mission said that three crew members died and another wounded when the helicopter crashed in the state of Unity in South Sudan, Xinhua reported. Earlier, the mission confirmed that one of its choppers crashed near Bentiu, the capital of the Unity state where government troops have been fighting rebels led by the country’s former vice president Riek Machar.

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Three killed in UN helicopter crash in South Sudan

Khartoum: Three people were killed and another injured when a helicopter belonging to the UN mission in South Sudan crashed on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_1683615” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![The mission reported losing contact with the helicopter. IBNLive](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/UN-IBN.jpg) The mission reported losing contact with the helicopter. IBNLive[/caption] The mission said that three crew members died and another wounded when the helicopter crashed in the state of Unity in South Sudan, Xinhua reported. Earlier, the mission confirmed that one of its choppers crashed near Bentiu, the capital of the Unity state where government troops have been fighting rebels led by the country’s former vice president Riek Machar. “The UN mission in South Sudan confirms that one of its MI-8 helicopters has crashed about 10km south of Bentiu in Unity state,” the mission said. The mission reported losing contact with the helicopter, which was on a routine cargo flight from Wau to Bentiu on Tuesday. IANS

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