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Military helicopter crashed in Vietnam killing sixteen persons

Hanoi, Vietnam - MI-8 chopper could have hit a communication pylon

Sixteen people got killed in a helicopter incident occurred in Vietnam tonight. The copter, a Russian-made MI-8, sank between two islands off the coast of central Vietnam. First investigation unveiled that aircraft following takeoff could have hit a military communications pylon on the island of Me and shortly after exploded. Casualty bodies have been all recovered: they were 12 officers, a military...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 112958
Rome, Italy, 01/27/2005 12:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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