Military Helicopter Crash in Azerbaijan Kills 14

Military Helicopter Crash in Azerbaijan Kills 14
A broken helicopter part after a military helicopter crash in Khasynsky District, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 30, 2021, in a still from video. AP/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
The Associated Press
Updated:

A military helicopter crashed in Azerbaijan during a training flight on Tuesday, killing 14 people and wounding two more, Azerbaijani authorities said.

The helicopter of Azerbaijan’s State Border Guard service crashed on Tuesday morning during a flight over the Garaeybat training ground in the east of the country.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mekhriban Aliyeva have extended their condolences to the families of the victims.