Military helicopter crashes in Indonesia - Reports

  21 March 2016    Read: 811
Military helicopter crashes in Indonesia - Reports
A military helicopter with 13 officers aboard crashed in northern Indonesian district of Poso, local media reported Sunday.
Indonesian Army`s helicopter crashed at 6:20 p.m. local time (10:20 GMT) in country`s central island of Sulawesi, The Jakarta Post newspaper reported, citing Poso police official.

According to the newspaper, the police official said that the helicopter crashed due to the weather conditions, adding that it had been struck by a lightning.

The crash took place in the vicinity of the airport, located in the area of the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (MIT) militant group`s activity.

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