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Clash of French helicopters in Mali: black boxes soon appear

The bodies of the 13 soldiers will soon return home

Paris will soon begin to probe the black boxes of the fatal accident that saw the collision of two French helicopters in Mali during an anti-terrorist operation (see AVIONEWS). Colonel Frederic Barbry announced today that the bodies of the 13 dead French soldiers will soon be repatriated to France. This is one of the biggest losses of French troops in a single day from the 1980s, second only to the...

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Bamako, Mali, Africa, 11/27/2019 10:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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