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| Military helicopter crashes in Israel |
| 2008-09-11 |
| An Israeli military helicopter with a two-man crew crashed near the northern town of Afula and burst into flames on Wednesday, army radio said. Emergency teams were scrambled to the scene to try to save the pilot and navigator, the radio said. Reports said the crew was feared dead but there was no official word. The Cobra helicopter was on a training exercise with a second aircraft of the same type at the time of the accident and was carrying a significant quantity of explosives. Army radio said it was thought the crash might have been sparked by a mid-air collision between the two aircraft. A witness told public radio that he had seen the helicopter lose a rotor before hitting the ground. |
| Posted by:Fred |