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Navy helicopter crashes off Israeli coast; 2 pilots killed

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The military says two Israeli pilots were killed when a navy helicopter crashed off Israel’s Mediterranean coast late Monday near the northern city of Haifa. The helicopter was conducting a training flight when it crashed. A third crew member, an aerial observer, was moderately injured and evacuated to hospital. the military said early Tuesday. “After extensive resuscitation efforts, the two pilots were declared dead.” The cause of the crash was under investigation. The chief of the Israeli Air Force has ordered immediate suspension of all training flights and the use of helicopters from the same array of the doomed aircraft. 

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