Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The UAE authorities announced, on Friday, the recovery of the wreckage of a helicopter that fell during a training flight, with two pilots on board, one of whom was Egyptian.
This came in a statement published by the official Emirates News Agency, in which it was stated: “The Air Accidents Investigation Sector of the General Authority of Civil Aviation said that the authority received, at around 20:30 pm yesterday, Thursday, September 7, 2023, a report of the crash of a Bell212 helicopter belonging to the Aerogulf company ( Aerogulf), bearing the registration mark A6-ALD, at sea with two Egyptian and South African pilots on board, on a night training flight that took off from Al Maktoum International Airport.
The statement added, “The search and rescue teams have recovered the wreckage, and the search is still ongoing for the plane’s crew, and the air accident investigation team has moved to the site.”
2023-09-08 04:55:33
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