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Two servicemen killed in Mi-171 helicopter crash in Peru - Statement

| @indiablooms | May 18, 2019, at 04:53 pm

MOSCOW, May 18 (Sputnik/UNI) A Peruvian Army helicopter crashed on the border with Ecuador, killing two servicemen on board, according to a press release from the Peruvian army.

"On May 17, 2019 the Mi-171 SH helicopter number EP-664 crashed in ...Condorcanqui Province of the Amazonas Region during a humanitarian demining operation on the border with Ecuador," the statement said.

Peru has launched an investigation into the crash.

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