BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

09/08/2010

German pilot dies in helicopter crash near Minsk

FOCUS News Agency

Sofia. A helicopter crashed Sunday during the CIS Open Cup in Helicopter Sport near Belarusian capital Minsk, killing the pilot, Xinhua reported.

"A U.S.-made MD-500 helicopter operated by a pilot from Germany fell at the airfield in Borovaya. The pilot died," Interfax was told by the Emergency Situations Ministry of Belarus.

A ministry official said that the helicopter operated by Guenther Zimmer was approaching the landing strip but fell and started burning.

A team was working on the scene to put out the fire.

Source:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n227606


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