10 missing as army helicopters crash
Posted Tuesday, August 14 2012 at 01:00
Two of four Ugandan helicopters that went missing over Kenyan airspace on Sunday as they flew to Somalia are still unaccounted for, the Defence ministry said last evening. As confusion mounted over what could have happened, the Ugandan military, however, dismissed reports that there could have been foul play in the mishap, blaming the suspected multiple crashes on bad weather.
Ugandan military and defence ministry spokesman, Col. Felix Kulayigye, told journalists in Kampala that one Mi-17 transport chopper, with 13 individuals onboard made it to Mogadishu, while two of the three Mi-24 attack helicopters are yet to be found. Each of the lost choppers had five soldiers on board.
One Mi-24 attack helicopter flown by airforce Lt. Col. Chris Kasaija crash-landed in Castle Forest, about 14 kilometres from Kimunye Forest Service in Mt. Kenya. All five individuals aboard the aircraft had been rescued yesterday afternoon and safely evacuated by the Kenyan military to Nanyuki Army Base, four miles outside of Nairobi.
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Sadly Darwin's theory always prevails.