Helikopter - Oppdatering om FN helikopteret

United Nations Mi-8 Downed in Sudan

The Russian operator of a United Nations chartered Mi-8 helicopter that crashed on August 26 in South Sudan has been claimed to have been brought down by rebel ground fire, possibly a rocket-propelled-grenade (RPG).

There were three fatalities among the Russian crew with one injured survivor.The helicopter had been contracted from Russian company UTair and was flying a routine mission delivering cargo between Wau in Western Bahr El Ghazal state to Bentiu, the capital of Unity state in southern Sudan.