1 killed, 2 injured in army helicopter crash in NW Iran

Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-28 22:07:04|Editor: ying
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TEHRAN, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and two others injured in an army helicopter crash in the northwest of Iran on Thursday, Tasnim news agency reported.

The helicopter faced a problem during a test fight and crashed in Urmia city, the report quoted Colonel Karim Hossein Nejad as saying.

Habib Shahsavari, the coordinator of Seyed al-Shoha headquarters, told Tasnim that a technical incident had caused the crash.

A technical officer was killed in the accident, while the two injured, the pilot and the co-pilot, were taken to hospital and are in good health condition now.

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