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S African Helicopter Crash, 7 lost


Pictured: A SAPS
MBB BO-105CBS-4
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Contact photographer Lonell Swatton

What: South African Police Service MBB-BK 117-B1 Helicopter
Where: Open field about 4km from Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa
When: 23-JUL-2010
Who: 7 fatalities
Why: 5 National Intervention Unit police officers, a pilot and a crew member died in a crash whose details are sketchy. The helicopter was one of two that were en route to assist local police in Witbank where armed thieves had just robbed a local supermarket. One helicopter arrived safely and ended up in a gun battle. The other, according to witnesses, exploded in mid-air and crashed.

Paramedics from ER24 were dispatched to an open field where the helicopter was already burned beyond recognition.

A piece of the tail was found 150 meters from the wreckage.

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