EFE News Service August 14, 1999
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EFE News Service
August 14, 1999
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HEADLINE: YEMEN-ACCIDENT SEVENTEEN SOLDIERS KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN YEMEN
BODY:
Sana, Aug 14 (EFE).- Seventeen Yemeni soldiers, including three generals, were
killed Saturday when the helicopter in which they were traveling crashed into
the southeastern Hadhramaut desert, the Defense ministry reported. At time of
the crash, the reasons for which have not yet been determined, the helicopter
was on a reconnaissance mission over the Hadhramaut area, on the border with
Saudi Arabia.
The victims included assistant chief-of-staff of the armed forces, Gen. Ahmed
Faraj, the commander of the eastern region, Gen. Mohammed Ahmed Ismail, as well
as the director of the Defense ministry's armaments department, Gen. Mohammed
Suneidi, the report indicated.
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