Cambodia’s top policeman died in a helicopter crash in bad weather that also claimed the life of a top-ranking army general, a government spokesman told AFP Sunday.
Chief of police Hok Lundy and General Sok Sa Em were passengers in a helicopter that came down shortly after it took off Sunday from Phnom Penh airport, ministry of interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters collided while landing at an American combat outpost in northern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.
One Iraqi soldier was killed and two American and two Iraqi soldiers were injured, military spokesman Lieutenant Patrick Evans said in an e-mail to Reuters.
“Two UH-60 Black Hawks have crashed while landing at Combat Outpost Ford in (the northern Baghdad district of) Adhamiya about 8:55 p.m. Baghdad time (1755 GMT) this evening,” he said.
YDNEY (AFP) - Four people died in a helicopter crash Sunday in Western Australia’s remote Kimberly region, police said.
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A male helicopter pilot and three female passengers were killed when the helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Bungle Bungle National Park about 1:00pm (0600GMT), police said.
Police said the accident happened 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the Bellburn air strip near Argyle, the site of a major diamond mine and a popular destination for international tourists.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — A helicopter crashed into an oil drilling platform off the coast of Dubai, killing all seven people on board, officials said Thursday.
Among the victims were an American and a Briton, said Hanan Moussa of the United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority.
Also killed were two Indians, a Pakistani, a Filipino and a Venezuelan, Moussa said.
