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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
KAMPALA, July 2 (Xinhua) — A Ugandan military helicopter has crashed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing five of the eight people on board, the Ugandan military said Wednesday.
Ugandan army spokesman Felix Kulayigye told Xinhua by telephone that three people had survived and that the search operation was ongoing.
“There were eight people on board. Three managed to escape, but were severely burned. The search is not over yet. The fire is being extinguished,” F. Kulayigye said.
According to him, the crash occurred on Wednesday morning at Aden Adde International Airport, and the military is currently investigating the cause of the incident.
Last September, Uganda’s armed forces lost a transport helicopter while flying from Mogadishu to Baledogle airfield, about 90 km northwest of the Somali capital. All four peacekeepers on board survived, the Ugandan army said.
Since 2007, Uganda has been among the countries sending troops to participate in the African Union peacekeeping mission in the Horn of Africa region. –0–