A Hungarian helicopter crashes during training in Croatia, killing at least 2 people

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Published June 21, 2023 7:57 AM

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Hungarian military helicopter has crashed during a training mission in neighboring Croatia, killing at least two people on board. Hungary’s Defense Ministry says that two of its Airbus H145 helicopters were on a training flight when one of them crashed. The statement for the MTI news agency in Hungary says the helicopter was carrying three people when it crashed and that bodies of two of the crew members have been found. A search for the third crew member is underway. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash in the area of the Cikola River canyon, near the central Adriatic Sea town of Sibenik.

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