Kazakh military helicopter crashes with 13 people on board

cde.news desk 27 March 2019, 17:11 · 1 min read

epa04118791 A NASA handout image shows A Russian MI-8 helicopter landing at Karanganda Airport shortly after poor weather forced the fleet of 12 helicopters to turn around from their flight to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan where they were to have pre-staged for the landing of the Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft in Karanganda, Kazakhstan, 10 March 2014. Russian space officials and members of the search and recovery forces are currently meeting to discuss the current weather. Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, and Flight Engineers Mike Hopkins of NASA and Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos are scheduled to land early 11 March 2014 near the town of Zhezkazgan. EPA/NASA/BILL INGALLS / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

A Kazakh military helicopter with 13 people on board crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan during exercises, the Defence Ministry said.

The incident occurred when the helicopter was flying from Aktau to Shymkent as part of a group of four military helicopters. The ministry said there were casualties, but that it was not yet clear how many.

Via Euronews

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