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Azerbaijan military helicopter crashes claiming 14 lives and injuring two
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The Xinhua reported Azerbaijan authorities said, a military helicopter belonging to Azerbaijan's border service crashed Tuesday during a training exercise, claiming 14 lives onboard and injuring two others.




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The border service and Office of the Prosecutor General said in a joint statement, the helicopter came down in the northeastern Azerbaijani district of Khizi at about 10:40 a.m. local time (0640 GMT).


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The Xinhua noted that authorities are investigating the cause of the incident.


Source: xinhua