4 killed in Sudanese military helicopter crash

Source: Xinhua| 2017-06-21 18:05:14|Editor: ying
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KHARTOUM, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A Sudanese military helicopter has crashed in northern Sudan, killing all four crew members, the Sudanese army announced Wednesday.

The Mi-17 helicopter crashed on Tuesday after taking off from Dongola town on an official mission to Al-Daba town in northern Sudan, Sudanese army spokesman Ahmed Khalifa Al-Shami said in a statement.

There were no survivors from the crash, the statement said, without disclosing the identities of the victims.

It blamed "bad weather conditions" for the incident.

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