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RT: Mi-28N gunship crashes near Homs, both pilots dead – Russian Defense Ministry
A Mil Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter has crashed in Syria while performing a flight near the city of Homs, the Defense Ministry’s press-service reports. The ministry says the helicopter was not shot down.
“On April 12 at 01:29 msk a helicopter of Russian Air Force helicopter was involved in an accident, and two crewmen have died,” the ministry said.
Reports from the crash site indicate the helicopter didn’t come under fire, the press service added.
A rescue operation recovered the pilots’ bodies and took them to the Khmemim airbase.
“A group of aircraft accident experts is working at the crash site. The cause of the accident is being investigated,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“Nobody shot at the aircraft. This is probably a technical failure,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The Russian president has been briefed on the incident.
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