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| Southeast Asia |
| Thai army chopper crashes in troubled south, killing 10 |
| 2008-06-20 |
| An army helicopter has been shot down or crashed in Yala province and all 10 people aboard were killed, a military spokesman said on Friday. Army spokesman Col Acra Thiproj said the crash was an accident. "All 10 people on board were killed when the helicopter developed a technical problem and tried to land, but crashed to the ground," he said. The pilot reported engine trouble and that he would have to attempt a crash landing. The helicopter appeared to explode as it hit the ground. All those aboard were killed, including eight soliders, a police officers and a civilian. The helicopter was on its way back to Bannang Sata military base in Yala province. It was carrying a military forensics team which was investigating the murder of a border police sergeant in an insurgent ambush. While there was no initial indication that Islamist rebels were involved in the helicopter crash, the site of the crash was in an insurgent-infested region. Officers said they would have to investigate the incident before ruling out ground fire as the cause of the crash. |
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