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Military helicopter crash: One killed, eight injured

One serviceman was killed, eight others were injured as a result of the crash of a helicopter of the Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic Mi-8MTV. The press service of the Ministry of Defense reported.

According to its data, four people are in intensive care unit, one of them is in grave condition, four are in the state of moderate severity. All of them are in the emergency hospital.

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«Officials of the Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense are working to clarify the circumstances of this incident,» the ministry said.

As it was previously reported, the helicopter Mi-8 made an emergency hard landing at about 11 a.m. near Dostuk village at Frunze-1 airbase during training flights.

Photo on the main page: Mi-8MTV helicopter, taken from the Internet

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