Mexican President’s Copter Forced to Land
from Associated Press
MEXICO CITY —
A helicopter carrying President Carlos Salinas de Gortari made an emergency landing in the northern state of Coahuila, a government communique said last week.
It said the pilot of the Puma aircraft landed after he heard a grinding noise. There were no injuries in the incident.
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