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3rd Mar 2008, 15:02

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UN Heli down in Nepal

UN heli down in Nepal, 10 fatalities reported.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...04/2178797.htm

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3rd Mar 2008, 18:42

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Bad weather, mountains and helicopters don't go together well, do they? Have you made it back from Argentina yet?

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Thread creep

To keep it cryptic and continue thread creep...
Yes.
19 out of 20 made it back.
Fingers crossed for the "one we left behind" in the hotel and cheers to a Brazilian pilot.

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No idea on the AC type?

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Reports of Mi-17

This site reports it was a Mi -17.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080303/100519973.html

Small picture of crash site here.
http://www.topnews.in/un-chopper-cra...7-lives-223893

BBC report that it was struck by lightning, some eyewitness report that it was on fire as it fell.

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