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Helicopter crash kills 10 in southern Iran

Friday, 25 March 2016 6:34 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 25 March 2016 6:32 PM ]

The file photo shows an air ambulance helicopter.

An air ambulance helicopter crashes in southern Iran, killing all 10 people onboard.

The chopper went down at 20:30 pm (1600 GMT) in southern Fars Province, 30 kilometers south of the provincial capital Shiraz, on Friday.

The emergency medical services aircraft was on a mission to transfer a patient to a hospital in Shiraz.

The dead included crewmembers, air medical service staff, the patient and his attendant.

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