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Nigerian Navy helicopter crash, 4 victims

Port Harcourt, Nigeria - It has likely hit a telephone mast

A Nigerian Navy Agusta A-109E helicopter yesterday crashed in a swamp near Port Harcourt, during a flight towards Lagos. The four military on board have been killed on impact. According to eyewitnesses, the aircraft would have gone out of control, starting to spin before crashing on the ground. First rescue was supplied by local inhabitants who tried to cut parts of the wreckage away with machetes...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1113913
Rome, Italy, 01/27/2010 12:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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