alarabiya.net. At least 14 people have been killed when an Azerbaijani military helicopter crashed in the Caucasus country’s eastern region of Khyzy, according to the the ex-Soviet republic’s border service.
“Fourteen people died and two more were wounded as a result of a state border service helicopter crash,” the border guard said in a statement, adding that 13 of the victims were military officers.
Earlier officials said that “a military helicopter belonging to Azerbaijan’s state border service crashed today at Garakheybat airfield in the Khyzy region at approximately 10:40 (GMT 0640) while conducting a training flight,” the border service and prosecutor general said.
“There are deaths and wounded among the crew,” the joint statement said. An investigation is underway into the accident’s causes, it added.
