UN helicopter crashes into sea

Freetown - The United Nations said yesterday it did not expect to find any survivors from a UN helicopter which crashed into …

Freetown - The United Nations said yesterday it did not expect to find any survivors from a UN helicopter which crashed into the sea off Sierra Leone with seven people aboard on Wednesday.

Ms Margaret Novicki, spokeswoman for the UN peacekeeping mission in the West African country, said three bodies had been pulled from the Atlantic Ocean and the search was continuing for the other four. She said the helicopter's crew were Ukrainian.

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