One killed, three injured after military helicopter crashes in Republic of Congo
An M18 type of helicopter belonging to the Republic of Congo's airforce crashed on Tuesday morning, claiming the life of a Russian pilot, a source within the Congolese Armed Forces (FAC) told Xinhua.
The information was confirmed by the spokesman of FAC, colonel Cyr Patrick Morapenda, who said that the Russian pilot lost his life and three other crew members escaped with slight injuries.
The aeroplane crashed while landing at the Bandondo locality (800 km north of Brazzaville).
Morapenda explained that the accident was caused by bad weather conditions, affirming that the helicopter had just taken off a few hours from Brazzaville.
"This aeroplane was on a public service mission. It had gone to rescue some geologists of the Congo Mining company (a subsidiary of an Australian firm) which is specialized in mining activities," the military spokesman affirmed.
The area where the accident took place is densely forested. In June 2010, 11 people lost their lives when a plane crashed in the same locality due to bad weather.
Editor: Yang Lina
English.news.cn 2011-11-16 16:50:52 FeedbackPrintRSS
BRAZZAVILLE, Nov. 16 (Xinhua)
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