Ukraine: 12 Killed In Helicopter Crash
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KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian border guards’ helicopter crashed into the Black Sea on yesterday, killing 12 people and critically injuring one other person, officials said.
The Mi-8 helicopter was carrying a crew of three and 10 passengers from the southern city of Odessa when it crashed into shallow waters near Zmeinyi Island just before noon, a spokesman from the Emergency Situations Ministry, Ihor Krol, said.
