Child and Crew killed as Zimbabwe military helicopter crashes
A helicopter crashed into a house and sadly claimed the lives of two pilots and a technician as well as a child on the ground," the Air Force of Zimbabwe said in a statement. The international community has been calling for dialogue on the election impasse in the country after parliament extended President Mohamed Abdullahi Farrago’s term by two years.
The child's mother and another young girl were taken to hospital with burn injuries, it added. Contact with the helicopter was lost after it took off from Zimbabwe's Manyame Air Base in Harare. Search and rescue teams sent to locate the aircraft eventually found the wreckage. the cause of the accident would be investigated, and that funeral arrangement would be made.
The loss of lives deeply saddens us," Air Marshal Elson Moyo said in the statement.” Our hearts and prayers are with the families of the deceased and those injured." Zimbabwe's air force has been unable to renew its fleet in recent years due to sanctions imposed by Western countries for alleged rights violations.
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