Off the wire
• Urgent: 5 killed in helicopter crash in northern Iran  • China lowers use of antibacterial drugs  • First Chinese dialect movie festival opens in Guangdong  • Pregnant woman shot dead by gunmen in southern Thailand  • Militant commander, 4 gangsters freed in jailbreak in northern India  • Japanese tourist raped in southern India  • 3 killed in shipwreck in southern Vietnam  • Local Taliban leader killed in southern Afghanistan  • Chinese president's visit opens new horizon for China-Bangladesh relations: lawmaker  • Jamaica mourns death of Fidel Castro  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD: 5 killed in helicopter crash in northern Iran

Xinhua, November 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

Five people were killed in a helicopter crash in the Caspian Sea in northern Iran on Sunday.

The accident happened at 04:20 a.m. local time (0050 GMT) as the helicopter, belonging to Iran's Oil Company, crashed near Amir Kabir drilling rig over the Caspian Sea, state IRIB TV reported. Endit