Investigators Probe Fatal Crash Of German Peacekeeping Helicopter In Mali
July 27 2017
Investigators from Germany are on the way to Mali to search for the flight data recorder of a helicopter that crashed on Wednesday.
The German attack helicopter went down in eastern Mali. The two pilots were killed, says the Bundeswehr, as reported by Deutsche Welle.
The Tiger helicopter went down about 45 miles north of Gao, said a military statement. The German pilots were the first killed in combat since 2013 in Afghanistan, said a military spokesman.
The Germans were...
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