[SIZE=+2]Two crew members dead after UN helicopter crashes in Liberia
[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]2 November 2007 [/SIZE]– A United Nations helicopter crashed in Liberia today, killing two of the three crew members onboard, the world body’s mission there confirmed, reporting that the third is missing and presumed dead.
The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) announced that a cargo helicopter flight from Ganta, Nimba County to Loguatuo, on the border between Liberian and Côte d’Ivoire, crashed at around 10.30 a.m. this morning.
“The cause of the crash is not yet known,” the Mission said in a statement released following the incident.
A search-and-rescue mission organized by UNMIL that reached the site confirmed that two of the three crew members onboard were killed, while the other is missing. The crew members’ names and nationalities are being withheld pending family notification.
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[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]2 November 2007 [/SIZE]– A United Nations helicopter crashed in Liberia today, killing two of the three crew members onboard, the world body’s mission there confirmed, reporting that the third is missing and presumed dead.
The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) announced that a cargo helicopter flight from Ganta, Nimba County to Loguatuo, on the border between Liberian and Côte d’Ivoire, crashed at around 10.30 a.m. this morning.
“The cause of the crash is not yet known,” the Mission said in a statement released following the incident.
A search-and-rescue mission organized by UNMIL that reached the site confirmed that two of the three crew members onboard were killed, while the other is missing. The crew members’ names and nationalities are being withheld pending family notification.
Full story
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24509&Cr=&Cr1=