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Venezuelan military chopper crashes during mission in Oripoto
[MOBILE.ALMASDARNEWS] A military helicopter with 7 people on board has crashed in Venezuela, Elías Sayegh, the mayor of the El Hatillo municipality, reported via Twitter on Saturday.

"An army helicopter fell this morning in the green zone in Oripoto, more precisely in El Volkan, with seven passengers on board. Our team of El Hatillo civil defense forces helps with search operations," Sayegh wrote on Twitter.

There is no information about the fate of the crew and passengers so far. The helicopter may have been a Bell 412.

With the recent presence of U.S. spy planes off the coast, the Venezuelan military has raised their alert levels in a bid to protect their air space from any enemy aircraft
Posted by: Fred 2019-05-05
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