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Haiti aid chopper crashes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Haiti aid chopper crashes
Posted Fri Feb 5, 2010 3:44pm AEDT
A helicopter believed to be involved in aid operations in Haiti has crashed in the western Dominican Republic, killing two men who were aboard, officials say.
"Up to now we have two bodies, the pilot and co-pilot," Dominican Civil Aeronautics Institute spokesman Pedro Jimenez said.
The nationality of the two killed was not immediately clear.
The R44 helicopter, a light four-seat civil aircraft produced by the Robinson Helicopter Company of the United States, crashed about 7.00pm (local time) in the province of Dajabon, 305 kilometres north-west of the capital Santo Domingo, Mr Jimenez said.
The aircraft was en route from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to Santiago, in the northern Dominican Republic.
"Apparently it was one of those helicopters involved in the rescue in Haiti," Mr Jimenez said, referring to the aftermath of last month's massive earthquake.
Mr Jimenez said the pilots did not inform air traffic controllers of any flight difficulties and authorities had launched an investigation.