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Helicopter crash kills 4 in Sweden

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-09-12 05:20

STOCKHOLM - Two military helicopters collided in mid-air during a
national guard exercise in the south of Sweden on Tuesday, killing all
four people on board.

The two helicopters, which each carried a pilot and a navigator, belonged
to a helicopter base in Linkoping and were part of the F 17 regiment in
Ronneby, the military said in a statement.

"When the rescuers arrived at the scene there was nothing to do. All four
were deceased," Swedish police spokesman Robert Loeffel said.

The helicopters were both German-produced MBB BO 105 CB-3s, which the
Swedish military calls Helicopter 9, according to the Swedish military's
website.

The site says they were long used as anti-tank helicopters but are now
mainly used as transport helicopters.

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