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Zarco
12-01-08, 20:07
Macedonia: si schianta elicottero militare, 11 morti

Sono tutti morti gli undici passeggeri e membri dell'equipaggio che viaggiavano su un elicottero militare macedone schiantatosi oggi nei pressi di Skopje. Le vittime stavano rientrando da una missione: lo ha confermato un portavoce della la Forza europea (Eufor) in Bosnia. L'ultimo bilancio fornito dalla polizia indicava sette morti e quattro dispersi.

Fonte: Corriere della Sera

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MACEDONIA: PRECIPITA ELICOTTERO MILITARE, 11 MORTI

Tragedia in Macedonia: un elicottero militare e' precipitato nei pressi di Skopje, provocando la morte delle undici persone che erano a bordo. Secondo le prime informazioni, l'M-17 di fabbricazione russa e' caduto per cause ancora da accertare a una decine di chilometri a sud della capitale macedone. I soldati che erano a bordo stanno tornando dalla Bosnia Erzegovina, dove partecipavano alla missione di pace Eufor.

Fonte: Adnkronos

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Macedonian army helicopter crashes, 11 killed

A Macedonian Army MI-17 helicopter crashed Saturday 25 kilometers southeast of Skopje, near the Katlanovsko Blato area, killing all 11 people on board.

The Defense Ministry confirmed the accident, the deadliest ever for the Macedonian air force.

The helicopter was returning from Bosnia, where Macedonia contributes 30 troops to a peacekeeping mission.

The accident took place in foggy conditions, minutes before landing.

The helicopter crashed around noon local time (1000GMT). Villagers nearby heard two explosions.

Macedonian officials, including President Branko Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska, were taken to the site immediately.

"This is a terrible accident and a big tragedy. My condolences go to the families of the soldiers," Gruevski said.

The Macedonian government held an emergency cabinet meeting.

The Chief of the Army, Gen. Miroslav Stojanovski, told the government the helicopter was serviced regularly and operated by professional pilots.

The government established a special body to investigate the cause of the accident.

The government did not announce the names of those killed, and invited a foreign forensic expert to assist in the identification.

Fonte: Associated Press

Zarco
13-01-08, 16:57
Divulgate le identità delle persone morte in questo tragico accidente.

Names of helicopter crash victims in Macedonia announced

The Macedonian Ministry of Defense announced the names of the 11 people, who perished in the helicopter crash near Skopje yesterday. The people are Lieutenant-Colonel Toni Spaskovski, Major Goran Ristovski, captains Brane Spasovski and Igor Gjorevski and Toni Davitkovski, Slavco Vasilev, Janko Siric, Miki Ivanovski, Alexander Taskovski, Alexander Vasic and Zlatko Veljanovski.
The three black boxes of the helicopter MI-17 were recovered today. The analysis of the information stored within the black boxes should help for solving the reasons for the crash. Macedonian media provide controversial information on where the flight data and voice recorders are to be examined. According to the A1 TV channel, the recorders would be studied abroad. Makfax claims this would be accomplished in Macedonia.

Fonte: Focus News Agency