KUALA LUMPUR : A helicopter
carrying military personnel, mostly cadets, after jungle training crashed in
Brunei, killing 12 people, the oil rich-sultanate’s defence ministry said
today.
Two people survived the
crash of the Royal Brunei Air Force helicopter yesterday in the sultanate on
the north coast of Borneo island.
The ministry’s Internet site
said the Bell 212 helicopter came down near Kuala Belait, west of the capital
Bandar Seri Begawan.
“While the exact
circumstances of this tragic incident remain to be determined, the ministry of
defence is taking appropriate action to ascertain the facts,” it said.
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal
Bolkiah yesterday visited the survivors, described in stable condition, in
hospital. (Reuters)
No comments:
Post a Comment