Crash of British Copter Kills 2 in Kosovo
From Times Wire Reports
A British helicopter carrying seven people crashed in heavy rain in mountainous terrain near Kacanik, close to Kosovo’s boundary with Macedonia, killing two people on board and injuring the other five.
There was no indication that the crash was a result of gunfire, said a spokesman for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led Kosovo peacekeeping force.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force and a captain in the army air corps were killed.
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