SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A Macedonian police helicopter crashed overnight during a training flight near the southern town of Strumica, killing all four people on board, authorities said Friday. Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska said the four crew members were all pilots, each with more than 30 years of flight experience. They were on a night training flight when the MI-17B helicopter hit a 120-meter (394-foot) -high television transmitter near Strumica, about 190 kilometers (120 miles) south of the capital Skopje. This is the one of the saddest and darkest days in the Interior Ministrys history, a tearful Jankulovska told reporters in the capital, Skopje. chron/news/world/article/Police-helicopter-crashes-in-Macedonia-5614336.php
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:21:24 +0000