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Algeria: 1 dead and 2 missing in the crash of a military helicopter

2020-12-16T14:25:46.768Z


A lieutenant of the Algerian naval forces perished Wednesday (December 16) in the morning in the crash of his helicopter off Tipaza, near Algiers, and two other officers are missing, the Algerian defense ministry said on Wednesday. The MS-25 Merlin-type military search and rescue helicopter crashed at sea while on a technical training flight, with a crew of three pilots on board, the ministry said


A lieutenant of the Algerian naval forces perished Wednesday (December 16) in the morning in the crash of his helicopter off Tipaza, near Algiers, and two other officers are missing, the Algerian defense ministry said on Wednesday.

The MS-25 Merlin-type military search and rescue helicopter crashed at sea while on a technical training flight, with a crew of three pilots on board, the ministry said in a statement. .

An amateur video of a few seconds shows the device unscrewing before crashing into the sea in good weather.

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"

We deplore the death of a lieutenant

" and a search operation for the other two pilots "

is still in progress

", specifies the ministry.

An investigation has been opened.

Several air accidents, involving helicopters or civil and military planes, have occurred in recent years in Algeria.

Two military helicopter accidents in May and June 2017 left three and two dead, respectively.

The worst recent disaster dates back to April 2018, when an Iliushin-76, a Russian military transport plane, crashed shortly after taking off from the Boufarik base, south of Algiers, killing 257 people, mostly soldiers and members of their families.

Source: lefigaro

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