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| Top officers among 25 dead in Angolan helicopter crash |
| 2002-06-02 |
| Two high-ranking officers were among 25 people killed when a Russian-made military helicopter crashed due to bad weather in the Angolan province of Cuanza-Norte, state radio reported. One officer was Lieutenant-General Jose Domingos, better known as "Ngueto," and the other was a general who was only identified as "Toy", the radio reported. Domingos was commander of the northern region's military front. The Portuguese news agency Lusa had earlier reported that the helicopter was carrying a number of Angolan army officials and journalists on their way to a demobilization camp the government has set up for UNITA rebel soldiers in Mussabo, 200 kilometres (124 miles) east of Luanda. Lusa also said that the crash appeared to have been caused by bad weather. The military officers were to attend a ceremony where rebels from the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) were to hand in their weapons, the agency said. Boy, if I was a Large Cheese, I wouldn't be settin' foot in a helicopter. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |